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minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·2 years agoI remember the day I realized that Africa and South America fit together when looking at a paper atlas. It felt like I had just discovered something incredible. I guess I had, but I wasn’t the first. :-)
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·2 years agoThis happens a lot on mathematics, you figure out something that it’s looks incredible just to find out Euler already found it centuries ago.
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoThat’s why they name things after the second person to discover it - Euler was inevitably the first.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoIts always nice when it’s someone other than Euler
I remember the day I realized that Africa and South America fit together when looking at a paper atlas. It felt like I had just discovered something incredible. I guess I had, but I wasn’t the first. :-)
This happens a lot on mathematics, you figure out something that it’s looks incredible just to find out Euler already found it centuries ago.
That’s why they name things after the second person to discover it - Euler was inevitably the first.
Its always nice when it’s someone other than Euler