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Quiz: A Sampler of Euler's Number Theory to The Non-Denumerability of the Continuum

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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1. In what area was Gauss especially interested?
a) The elements of geometry.
b) The elements of number theory.
c) The circumference of Earth.
d) The proof of the infinite series.

2. What is one proof that Euler was able to prove?
a) Bernoulli's principle of lift.
b) Newton's method of calculus.
c) "little Fermat theorem."
d) Descartes' number theory.

3. On who's work did Euler base his number theory?
a) Leibniz's.
b) Fermat's.
c) Newton's.
d) Bernoulli's.

4. How did Euler prove if the number 4,294,967,297 was prime or composite?
a) He factored it.
b) He used his own rule of squares.
c) He used Newton's...
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