The present essay includes a few reflections on eminent French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833) in the light of the newest and surprising discoveries connected with his imaginary portrait and in the context of a certain result of the theory of numbers that at the beginning was said to be a significant revelation, and, at last, turned out to be unimportant.
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