That example is just one that sticks out in my mind particularly brightly. I'm a mathematician, and I have a particular distrust of people who name things afte

That example is just one that sticks out in my mind particularly brightly. I'm a mathematician, and I have a particular distrust of people who name things after themselves, in large part because of the culture -- people who cite your work might choose to name it after you in recognition of your/its significance. And I still dislike that, because for example, Noether's Theorem isn't a unique identifier. The Trapezoid Rule, on the other hand, is named perfectly. There's some interesting discussion on stackexchange at [1], the comment I link to reports on some investigation they did. Apparently, the Tai of Tai's Model misinterpreted other people's use of the trapezoid rule, found that misinterpreted version to be faulty, re-invented it, and named it after herself. One assumes that it was an honest mistake, but it's a damned shame that it didn't get caught in review. [1] https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/103197 https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/103197