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The snap take came across as an argument about which of two names for the measure is better-known. The wikipedia page implies the opposite of that argument. P
by elefanten 3y ago
The snap take came across as an argument about which of two names for the measure is better-known.
The wikipedia page implies the opposite of that argument.
Perhaps that’s changed since 1984, but the proposition was about current practices.
- defrost 3y agoIt's been Kullback since birth in 1907 to the best of my knowledge, never once Kullbeck. As a fully anglicized US citizen born in Brooklyn, New York I don't think there's ever been any vowel confusion over the spelling of the name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Kullback https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Kullback Admittedly I did check as it's not uncommon for mathematicians to have alternate spellings for their names. Ditto Leibler, born Chicago, Illinois in 1914, no dropped L https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leibler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leibler