Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by elgenie on Saturday September 05, 2020 @08:29PM
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Calling “gaussian noise” “normal noise”, like the associated distribution, would not lose any precision
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by mr_toad on Saturday September 05, 2020 @11:22PM
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It would be harder to search for, and to a lay person it still doesn’t explain what it is. Even worse, given the ambiguity of the word ‘normal’ it could easily cause misapprehensions. Ask the person on the street what normal noise is and they’re probably going to answer in decibels.
At least Gaussian noise is easily googled.
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by xxs on Sunday September 06, 2020 @09:12AM
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I'd consider 'normal noise' to be 'white noise'
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by pacifika on Sunday September 06, 2020 @12:37AM
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The value in the understanding of the term is not in how searchable it is.
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by a1369209993 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @10:06PM
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What does gaussian noise have to do with a vector that points orthogonal to a surface? (Not entirely rhetorical; it'd be interesting if there was a relation there.)
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other
by DonHopkins on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:10AM
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I thought orthogonal surface vectors were named after Abby Normal.
Gaussian noise.
The list in physics could go on for quite a long time. Terms like "gaussian noise" are used as short versions to describe something that would need an entire paragraph if described in a verbose way, as if the reader did not understand the fundamentals of the concept.