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Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Oct 23, 2009
Back in 2001 I wrote a small Entry A565788 on the 3n+1 problem, a mathematical problem which seems very simple but resists all attempts to prove it. Professor Bryan Thwaites offered £1,000 to anybody who could prove or disprove it.
I notice that he is now Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites. As a former alumnus of Dulwich College, there is a short biography of him on their website. This gives a brief, very well written explanation of the 3n+1 problem. Guess where they lifted it from?
http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_Document_1.aspx?id=1:29462
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
Icy North Posted Oct 23, 2009
They didn't try to disguise it much, did they! 
You've made me want to search for my plagiarised entries out there 
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Oct 23, 2009
I'd be more proud if they'd at least given you a namecheck 
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
Recumbentman Posted Oct 23, 2009
Shades of Lobachevsky --
Plagiarise, plagiarise!
Let no-one else's work evade your eyes!
Tom Lehrer -- http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Lobachevsky-lyrics-Tom-Lehrer/D97B21BF6516390448256A7D0024B8B9
Poor form, Dulwich! A cite wouldn't have hurt.
Gnomon!
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Oct 24, 2009
Cool, yes, but also annoying.
TRiG.
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
ZForce Posted Nov 25, 2009
Gnomon - you are too kind!
They actually plagiarized your work!
And hey - I still can't locate the Sir Bryan and I've got the definitive proof of the 3n + 1 problem...soooooo frustrating.
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites
Recumbentman Posted Nov 25, 2009
I am Sir Brian, ting-ling!
I am sir Brian, rat-tat!
I am Sir Brian, as bold as a lion,
Take that! And that! And that! 
I'm Brian, and so is my wife
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