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      • For a web page:

        Gourdon, X. ``The $10^{13}$ First Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function, and Zeros Computation at Very Large Height.'' 2004. \url{http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Miscellaneous/zetazeros1e13-1e24.pdf}.\par

      • For a journal article:

        Conrey, J.~B. ``At Least Two Fifths of the Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function Are on the Critical Line.'' {\it Bull.\ Amer.\ Math.\ Soc.} {\bf 20}, 79--81, 1989.\par

      • For a book reference:

        Wells, D. \titleisbn{The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers.}{0140080295} Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, p.~28, 1986.\par

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There are currently a number of entries in MathWorld that are either incomplete or in the process of being modified. A complete listing of entries "under construction" is also kept up-to-date, as is a list of entries missing specific pieces of information, and entries containing out-of-date hyperlinks. Help in fleshing out these entries would be especially appreciated.

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