A Magical Theorem Was Undiscovered for Thousands of Years

And is still kept hidden from students - why?

Kasper Müller
Cantor’s Paradise
6 min readFeb 9, 2024

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An elegant and visually appealing illustration that represents Moessner’s theorem in mathematics. The image should depict a series of natural numbers
Image generated by AI

A couple of nights ago I was lying in bed watching some lectures, reading some articles, and so on, and at some point, I decided what I thought to be a wise decision at the time, namely that I would only watch one more math video before going to sleep.

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Mathematician, programmer and writer interested in the mysteries of the Universe, fascinated by the human mind, music and things that I don’t understand.