[ExI] very asian gold box?

[spike at rainier66.com]

There are many fans of Hofstader's Eternal Golden Braid here as I recall.  I
noted to a young friend that it is the most letter-perfect book I have ever
read, as I don't recall seeing a single typo in it.  He found two, and I
found a third, right together on page 404:

 

Tortoise: Now whatver has come over you, Achilles?  Well, thank you for your
outstandig generosity, and I hope you have sweet dreams about the strange
Golbach Conjecture, and its Variation.  Good night.

 

 

 

 

The same sentence has omitted three letters, the e in whatever, the n in
outstanding, and the d in Goldbach.  It is on page 404.  So e, n, d are
missing, all in the same sentence.  Are there any computer jockeys here who
can suggest reasons why Hofstadter would have omitted e, n, d?

 

Please also, what is the Variation of Goldbach's conjecture?

 

spike

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