Mystery of the 18th Elephant Solved
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2015-08-25 v1
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}
}