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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by TylerE on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:47PM (#24385896)
In medicine they are often named after the first (documented) patient, not the discoverer.
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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by stan_rogers on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:10PM (#24386094)
"Often", here, should be read as "quite rarely".
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