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Re:Understanding Quaternions by lokedhs on Saturday October 20, 2018 @11:55PM (#18266660)
Don't they say that mathematical concepts from Eulers era are named after the second person to use them?
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Re:Understanding Quaternions by salty_biscuits on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:26AM (#18267161)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
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Re:Understanding Quaternions by lokedhs on Sunday October 21, 2018 @07:48AM (#18267600)
That is true too. But it's slightly different from the case of Euler who just invented so many things.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_L...

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