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File:Complex function plot.jpg|link=Complex analysis (nonfiction)|2018: Mathematicians use [[Complex analysis (nonfiction)|Complex analysis]] to reveal new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Hing Tong.jpg|link=Hing Tong (nonfiction)|March 3, 1987: While vacationing in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], mathematician [[Hing Tong (nonfiction)|Hing Tong]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse, where he gives an impromptu lecture on applications of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem to the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1688: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] publishes ''Philosophiæ Criminalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Criminal Philosophy"). ''Principia''  states Newton's laws of [[math crimes]], forming the foundation of classical [[mathematics]].
 
 
File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1777: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of [[math criminals]] now coming of age."
File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "[[Crimes against mathematical constants|quasi-empirical crimes]]".
File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|[[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|Researchers discover new vulnerabilities in [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|Draft lottery scatterplot]], warn that new [[math crimes]] are sure to follow.
File:Prisoner's dilemma matrix.svg|link=Game theory (nonfiction)|[[Game theory (nonfiction)|Prisoner's dilemma matrix]] latest to condemn [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Time series diagram.png|link=Time series (nonfiction)|[[Time series (nonfiction)|Time series diagram]] indicates rise in [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|[[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)]] may be cover story for [[Brownian racket]], according to [[John Brunner]].
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|[[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)]] may be cover story for [[Brownian racket]], according to [[John Brunner]].
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|[[Georg Cantor]] and [[David Hilbert]] may form crime-fighting team in response to [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|[[Georg Cantor]] and [[David Hilbert]] may form crime-fighting team in response to [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  
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