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ERIC Number: EJ339384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Mathematical Firsts-Who Done It?
Williams, Richard H.; Mazzagatti, Roy D.
Mathematics Teacher, v79 n5 p387-91 May 1986
The practice of naming theories, equations, and other discoveries in honor of the scientist who pioneered the investigation is discussed. A dozen misnomers, in which a mathematical concepts should have been named for another person, are described, with the actual originators named when possible. (MNS)
Descriptors: Mathematicians, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Resource Materials
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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