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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by YetAnotherNick on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:27PM (#24385731)
And bad naming might even make things worse as the reader might get the wrong idea.
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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by dorchadas on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:39PM (#24387062)
Or you end up with things like 'clopen' sets, which are both closed and open!
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