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Re:Special Linear Systems and Cholesky Factorization for Pro... by mindcrime on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:34PM (#15288052)
Fourier

I've always heard this pronounced like "for-e-ay" (or "for-e-eh" where the last part is the Canadian "eh?").

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Re:Special Linear Systems and Cholesky Factorization for Pro... by mturmon on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:03PM (#15288296)
I'm with you. You also hear "FOUR-e-err", and my favorite EE teacher said "FUR-ee-err", indistinguishable from the word for a fur coat-maker, which always produced a smile. (But, he's a fellow of the IEEE and I'm not, so who's laughing now?)

I say "WEE-ner" (since he was American, but, open to correction on that one) and "YEN-sen" (that's how I was taught).

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Re:Special Linear Systems and Cholesky Factorization for Pro... by santaclaus on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:14PM (#15288382)
> FOUR-e-err

My favorites are 'you-ler' for Euler and 'goose-e-in' for Gaussian.

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