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  • See an explanation on Zeno's Achilles paradox, an infinite series concept used in finance to pay off mortgages
    In number game: Graphs and networks

    …the latter are sometimes called linear graphs, although there is little confusion within a given context. Such graphs have long been associated with puzzles.

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