10 Aug
2020
10 Aug
'20
5:53 a.m.
On Sat, 8 Aug 2020, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
The name "Chebyshev" is well known in
numerical computation in
mathematics, science, and engineering. This Web site lists 207 variants
in its transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Roman one:
https://mathreader.livejournal.com/9239.html
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).
-- Dave