document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164416>Question 1164416</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1,2,4,7,28,33, what comes next<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #788837 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52795)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=788837\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unfortunately, &nbsp;all these problems &nbsp;(or, &nbsp;at least, &nbsp;a huge part of them) &nbsp;are &nbsp;EITHER &nbsp;mathematically incorrect, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OR &nbsp;go out of logic (= the games with NO rules).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In any case, &nbsp;they do not teach to mathematical thinking and do not develop mathematical skills.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They teach to tricks &nbsp;ONLY.  &nbsp;If you know the trick - you are a winner.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you don't know the trick - you are a looser, &nbsp;even if you are Archimedes, &nbsp;Gauss or &nbsp;Einstein.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin, &nbsp;think for a minute and compare, &nbsp;which inheritance we obtained from &nbsp;Euclid, &nbsp;Archimedes, &nbsp;Gerolamo &nbsp;Cardano, &nbsp;Euler, &nbsp;Gauss, &nbsp;Galois, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "from one side, &nbsp;and from all these  &nbsp;&nbsp;\"what is the next number ?\" &nbsp;problems, &nbsp;&nbsp;from the other side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is even awkward to me to mention these names in this context . . . let they forgive me for it . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In old times &nbsp;(in the past), &nbsp;were there people in markets &nbsp;(bazaars) &nbsp;who moved small balls under thimbles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and played the games with those who passed by &nbsp;\"where is a ball ?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For me, &nbsp;these games with thimbles is an exact analogue of such problems &nbsp;\"what is the next number ?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mothers always taught/instructed/educated their children --- never play with these people . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Excuse me for my &nbsp;English . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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