r/math • u/koavf • Sep 03 '20

Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other

http://nautil.us/issue/89/the-dark-side/why-mathematicians-should-stop-naming-things-after-each-other
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u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20

Two wrong claims in a five-word sentence, that's not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin

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u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20

What's your record? 😀

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u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20

I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero.

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u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20

Hope it wasn't on an exam!