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Re:Why There Is No Hitchhiker’s Guide to Mathematics for Pro... by SilasX on Thursday February 18, 2016 @09:47PM (#11131202)
Agreed. Fortunately, the Heaviside function gives us the best of both worlds. It's named after Heaviside, and it has a heavy side!
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Re:Why There Is No Hitchhiker’s Guide to Mathematics for Pro... by jaybosamiya on Friday February 19, 2016 @07:42AM (#11133134)
When I first came across the Heaviside function, I actually thought it was named as such due to its heavy side. It was only about a year later, that I realized -- "Why would they spell Heavy wrong? I need to Google this..." and found out about Oliver Heaviside
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