Cayley's Formula/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Cayley's Formula
Arthur Cayley first stated this theorem in his A Theorem on Trees in $1889$, but his proof was unsatisfactory as he discussed only the case where $n = 6$, and his method cannot be generalized to larger $n$.
The proof given here, the work of Heinz Prüfer, first appeared in $1918$.