Timeline for Pseudonyms of famous mathematicians
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| Sep 7, 2014 at 7:32 | comment | added | Toby Bartels | I would translate ‘sanctus’ as ‘holy’, not as ‘saint’. But ‘unus’ may have been more important to Newton, who was (secretly) a unitarian. | |
| Nov 11, 2010 at 8:18 | comment | added | Harun Šiljak | It was hard for Newton to hide his identity - it was always easy to recognize the lion by his paw (Bernoulli and brachistochrone) :) | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 22:29 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | Thanks Willie: I guess my question should have been: "How do you spell Isaac?" :) | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 22:19 | comment | added | Willie Wong | @Thierry Zell: Isaacus Neutonus. See his entry in Vicipedia: la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaacus_Newtonus | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 22:10 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | @Denis: wait a second: how do you spell "Newton"? I have a couple of "u" and "s" left over... | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 21:04 | comment | added | Denis Serre | More accurately Ieoua Sanctus Unus, which not only means God, unique and saint, but is also an anagram of Isaac Newton. | |
| Nov 7, 2010 at 19:26 | history | answered | Mark S | CC BY-SA 2.5 |