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``Re: Mathematicians and classical music'' by CWoo on 2007-02-25 18:19:11
> It sucks when you're the only one who knows where to draw
> the line. For example, when you know that there are
> infinitely many numbers but no one else does. They write an
> entry on 42, but they don't know that there's 43, or 44, or
> 45, etc.!
>

Again, you are making an assumption that I am the only person drawing the line. Of course, it may be true. But it may be that many people choose not to voice their opinions.


> Actually, the numbering of Haydn's string quartets is
> interesting. Why is it that the record companies have
> accepted Hoboken's catalog for the symmphonies but not the
> string quartets?

It is interesting but does not belong to the discussion or encyclopedia of mathematics.
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