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Accuracy is a virtue: The 1983 Presidential address

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Frank Budden
Frank Budden*
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15 Westfield Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne 3
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 441 , October 1983 , pp. 161 - 171
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983

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‡ It is only fair to point out that I was once given a formula f(x, y) = 0 which, when plotted, turned out to be an outline of Marilyn Monroe! (Was that pure mathematics?)