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  1. IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela

    Alfredo Octavio

  2. Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    J. Borwein

  3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    P. Borwein

  4. Institut für Mathematik, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, D- 23560, Lübeck, Germany

    R. Girgensohn

  5. 7131 W. 84th Way (#1609), 80003, Arvada, CO, USA

    S. Parnes

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Octavio, A., Borwein, J., Borwein, P. et al. The “indexed” theorem. The Mathematical Intelligencer 18, 9–18 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03026747

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