Timeline for Obscure Names in Mathematics
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| Nov 15, 2014 at 10:02 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | Similar to the Killing-Hopf theorem, the Italian name for the Gaussian elimination method sounds like someone is debating on the best way to kill poor C.F. Gauss. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 0:17 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | In the strict sense: no, but let's be generous | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 22:07 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | "problems, whose names do not give any indication to what they are about or, to which person it is related...." Do Killing-Hopf and Cox-Zucker qualify? | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 19:41 | comment | added | Transcendental | For a layman hearing ‘Cox-Zucker’ for the first time, it might take on a whole different meaning. | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 19:02 | history | edited | Dietrich Burde | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 18:57 | history | edited | Dietrich Burde | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Oct 22, 2014 at 18:48 | history | answered | Dietrich Burde | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Oct 22, 2014 at 18:48 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Dietrich Burde |