Timeline for Most interesting mathematics mistake?
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| Dec 8, 2019 at 7:40 | comment | added | Keith Millar | I haven't even questioned the origins of the term until now... somehow it just made perfect sense in my head that inner models be called "mice" because they're small or something _:)_/ | |
| Oct 26, 2010 at 4:52 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | I have heard 3 versions of the origin of the name. They all originated with Jensen, and were told at a rate of one per decade. Last I checked, he actually does not seem to remember the reason for the name. | |
| Oct 19, 2009 at 20:02 | comment | added | Ilya Nikokoshev | But the urban legend is so funny... | |
| Oct 19, 2009 at 19:58 | history | answered | Bill Mitchell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |