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Randomness in Arithmetic

It is impossible to prove whether each member of a family of algebraic equations has a finite or an infinite number of solutions: the answers vary randomly and therefore elude mathematical reasoning

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 259 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Randomness in Arithmetic” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 259 No. 1 (), p. 80
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0788-80