From: grog at lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey)
Subject: [COFF] Cheby[cs]hev (was: Regular Expressions)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:01:26 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200810000126.GB89116@eureka.lemis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2008100947330.3620@aneurin.horsfall.org>
[Moved to COFF]
On Monday, 10 August 2020 at 9:53:14 +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> Interesting; I was taught it was "Chebychev", which as second ranking
> doesn't even come close to "Chebyshev"...
>
> Possibly a cultural thing; I went to an Australian university (UNSW).
I don't think so, more like coincidence. I first came across the name
as "Chebyshev" at the CSIRO in Melbourne. But the difference in
spelling could be attributed to the person doing the transliteration:
"ch" in French corresponds in sound to "sh" in English.
Greg
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