Strong law of small numbers
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Strong law of small numbers
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In mathematics, the "strong law of small numbers" is the humorous law that proclaims, in the words of Richard K. Guy (1988): In other words, any given small number appears in far more contexts than may seem reasonable, leading to many apparently surprising coincidences in mathematics, simply because small numbers appear so often and yet are so few. Earlier (1980) this "law" was reported by Martin Gardner. Guy's subsequent 1988 paper of the same title gives numerous examples in support of this th
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Humorous mathematical law
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