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Are there other mathematical discoveries that came from the result of a wager?

• mcv 1y ago
  I bet there are.
  • n1b0m 1y ago
    You’re on :)
• someguyorother 1y ago
  It's only mathematics-adjacent, but Stephen Hawking was known for making quite a few bets. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.359.6382.1317 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.359.6382.1317