Definition:Strange Family Problem/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Strange Family Problem
David Singmaster notes that the earliest known strange family problems appear to originate from Bede and Alcuin of York.
The term strange family problem was coined by Singmaster himself.
Sources
- 1992: John Hadley/2 and David Singmaster: Problems to Sharpen the Young (Math. Gazette Vol. 76, no. 475: pp. 102 – 126) www.jstor.org/stable/3620384