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Mystery of the 18th Elephant Solved

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Abstract

This paper attempts to explain the mystery behind an 18th elephant that appears in many popular legends involving the division of a herd of 17 elephants into groups in the ratio 1/2:1/3:1/9.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05828,
  title  = {Mystery of the 18th Elephant Solved},
  author = {V. N. Krishnachandran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05828},
  year   = {2015}
}