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yissp
on Sept 5, 2020
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Mathematicians should stop naming things after eac...
Page rank is a funny one, it's named after one of its creators, but also describes what the algorithm does. Kinda like Baker's chocolate (named after Walter Baker, but is popular for baking). I wonder if there are other examples.
Thorrez
on Sept 5, 2020
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Here's a list of them:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23888725
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