It was written as a partial solution to a problem which had been posed by Ostrowski and it gave Motzkin particular pleasure when he returned to the problem many years later and was able to give a complete solution.
Ito ay isinulat bilang ng mga bahagi ng solusyon sa isang problema na kung saan had been posed by Ostrowski at ito ibinigay Motzkin partikular na kasiyahan kapag siya ay ibabalik sa problema ng maraming mga taon mamaya at ay able sa magbigay ng isang kumpletong solusyon.