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2020-12-18

there's a typo in the puzzle for the 18th: you wrote y^2 and z^2 terms instead of ^3

(also I agree that the puzzle for 16th was a banger)

Eric
on /blog/86

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2020-12-18

@Eric: Thanks, fixed it

Matthew
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