[latexrefman] First noted in Wilson.

[Hefferon, Jim S.]

Sure.
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Why are they not in jail?

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I am not against that many results are named after people … etc.
Just the manual says « *First* noted in Wilson », which is incorrect.

Maybe we could just remove the word « First » ?

 V.

Le lun. 13 sept. 2021 à 14:20, Hefferon, Jim S. <jhefferon at smcvt.edu> a écrit :
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> Yes, many results are named after people who are not the original discoverers.
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> Jim
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> Why are they not in jail?
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> Hello Jim,
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> In node « Footnotes of footnotes » there is an example with this text
> (in subject).
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> Just looking at the Wikipedia article about the Wilson theorem, it
> proved out that although Wilson is acknowledged for having made known
> this result in Europe,
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théorème_de_Wilson#Histoire it was first
> mentioned by Alhazen almost 7 centuries ago, and the first proof was
> by Lagrange.
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> Even in Europe, it seems that Leibniz mentioned it earlier than Wilson.
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> Maybe you you were refering to another Wilson (?).
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> OK, the object of the example was just demonstrating bigfoot, not
> doing epistemology.
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>   V.
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