Königsberg bridge problem

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a mathematical problem in graph theory, solved by Leonhard Euler, to show that it is impossible to cross all seven bridges of the Prussian city of Königsberg in a continuous path without recrossing any bridge.

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Several times, either because they forgot or they had a technical problem, they connected directly, and we could see them.
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Every once in a while, they act swiftly and acknowledge the problem.
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But this physical involvement, or lack of it, is only part of the problem.
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No man can believe it who tests it by his reason in the same way in which he would test any modern problem.
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It was a direct lie to tell the Austrian commander that an armistice had been arranged and the bridge ceded to the French.
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The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.
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