One of the prizes offered for solving a problem recorded in the Scottish Book was a live goose.
Sources
- List of mathematics history topics (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://perenflo.com/publications (perenflo.com)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.27867 (arxiv.org)
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