Timeline for Obscure Names in Mathematics
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| Oct 23, 2014 at 4:52 | history | edited | bof | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2014 at 4:52 | comment | added | bof | @GerryMyerson Dagnabbit! I searched the page for "Byzantine" but I forgot to click on "show more comments". I will delete the generals from my answer. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 4:42 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | I mentioned the Byzantine Generals in an earlier comment on the original post. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 3:58 | history | edited | bof | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2014 at 3:47 | comment | added | bof | The Beer Glass Theorem says that, if three congruent circles in the plane intersect at one point, then the circle determined by the other three intersections is congruent to the original circle. Is there another name for this theorem? | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 3:43 | history | edited | bof | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 11:19 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Todd Trimble | ||
| Oct 22, 2014 at 6:42 | comment | added | bof | After posting this, I tried to StartPage "beer glass theorem" and couldn't find anything, so maybe it's not so well known by that name. Too bad, it would be a nice accompaniment to the Ham Sandwich Theorem. | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 6:34 | history | answered | bof | CC BY-SA 3.0 |