Re: [HM] L'Hopital, Pythagoras, Ptolemy and Hilbert

Subject: Re: [HM] L'Hopital, Pythagoras, Ptolemy and Hilbert
From: Art Johnson (Johnsonart@aol.com)
Date: Sun Mar 19 2000 - 06:20:05 EST

Dear Andrew,

Herea re acouple to consider.

Simpson's line is improperly named for Simpson, and not its discoverer.

Fermat's Point was not found by Fermat.

Pascal's Triangle was discovered by Pascal, but the Chinese had it much
earlier, as they did the Pythagorean Theorem.

Art Johnson

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