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As practical problems are usually a function of several variables, individual opinions are determined by the order of importance attached to the variables. The more numerous the conditions, the truer becomes the old expression, “Quot homines tot sententiae.”
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FRENCH, J. Five-(and Six)-Point Support: “Right as a Trivet.” . Nature 114, 575 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114575a0
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