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“A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some "dreaming" time.”

Quote by Howard Whitley Eves

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Howard Whitley Eves

Howard Whitley Eves was a prominent mathematician born on January 10, 1911, and passed away on June 6, 2004. He made significant contributions to the fields of combinatorial mathematics and graph theory. more

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