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=== Cyprus Papers ===
=== Cyprus Papers ===
[[File:Cyprus_papers_(23_Aug_2020).png|Cyprus Papers — screenshot of Al Jazeera articles.]]
[[File:Cyprus_papers_(23_Aug_2020).png|thumb|Cyprus Papers — screenshot of Al Jazeera articles.]]
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/exclusive-cyprus-sold-passports-criminals-fugitives-200818112722072.html
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/exclusive-cyprus-sold-passports-criminals-fugitives-200818112722072.html
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/explainer-cyprus-papers-200821084825891.html
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/explainer-cyprus-papers-200821084825891.html

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Online diary of Karl Jones for Sunday August 23, 2020.

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Cyprus Papers

Cyprus Papers — screenshot of Al Jazeera articles.

Pickle in the Kismet

Now where were we? Ah, yes, the pickle in the kismet.

August 23, 1638

René Descartes, in a letter to Marin Mersenne, proposed his folium (x-cubed + y-cubed = 2axy) as a test case to challenge Pierre de Fermat's differentiation techniques. To Descartes' embarrassment, Fermat's method worked.

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