Timeline for Pseudonyms of famous mathematicians
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| Nov 19, 2022 at 1:13 | comment | added | R. van Dobben de Bruyn | I have come to agree with the comments: the point of a pseudonym is traditionally to hide (or at least obscure) your identity, so linguistic variations don't really count... | |
| May 28, 2016 at 21:40 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | I think that calling these pseudonyms is anachronistic -- it is more likely that this was the standard kind of name one adopted for purposes of scholarly discussion or reputation-building | |
| May 27, 2016 at 22:22 | comment | added | R. van Dobben de Bruyn | @RobertIsrael: I can see your point, although I would have found it slightly more convincing if the person her/himself modifies the name, rather than other people misspelling or misidentifying it. This of course also happens a lot: there are a lot of Bobs out there whose legal name is Robert. | |
| May 27, 2016 at 21:44 | comment | added | Robert Israel | "Any name deviating from a person's actual [legal] name can be considered a pseudonym" is setting the bar rather low. The French tend to spell my last name as "Israël", while Americans tend to render my first name as "Bob". I don't think those would be pseudonyms. | |
| May 27, 2016 at 21:39 | comment | added | Zhen Lin | I think the notion of actual/legal name may post-date some of these people... | |
| S May 27, 2016 at 20:01 | history | answered | R. van Dobben de Bruyn | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S May 27, 2016 at 20:01 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by R. van Dobben de Bruyn |