In the first case X²-2, the minimum polynomial of √2, splits completely over Q (√2); in the second case we see that X³-2, the minimum polynomial of 3√2, does not split completely over Q (3√2).

The so-called contagion of the public debt crisis among the PIIGGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Great Britain and Spain) worries Washington and Tokyo, the deepest in debt non-European governments.

His perceived inexpressiveness particularly impressed the critics in France, where the perceptive Louis Delluc wrote about him in almost Bressonian terms:

The Supreme Court of Canada read sexual orientation into section 15 of the Charter of Rights in Egan v. Canada.