Timeline for What are examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people? (Stigler's law)
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| Aug 14, 2022 at 8:39 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2010 at 5:40 | comment | added | Harry Altman | Huh. That we still don't know what might have been meant by "on the negative side" is pretty creepy. | |
| Oct 19, 2010 at 2:57 | comment | added | Steven Sam | @Richard: I manually insert the accent marks using a compose key (which can be set to any key in the GNOME environment), i.e., for ö, hit compose " o | |
| Oct 19, 2010 at 2:54 | history | edited | Steven Sam | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Oct 19, 2010 at 1:14 | comment | added | Michael Lugo | Thanks for the pointer! I've been curious about how Hipparchus could have come upon this since seeing a note to this effect in one of your books. | |
| Oct 19, 2010 at 0:24 | history | answered | Richard Stanley | CC BY-SA 2.5 |