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

Subject: Re: [HM] L'Hopital, Pythagoras, Ptolemy and Hilbert
From: John Conway (conway@math.Princeton.EDU)
Date: Sun Mar 19 2000 - 12:32:48 EST

On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Art Johnson wrote:

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

   This compounds the felony: the person it was named for is Simson!

    John Conway

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