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The choice of name seems pretty bizarre. The famous Erdos [1] was a mathematician, not data scientist, computer scientist, or statistician. [1] https://en.wik
by mkl 1y ago
The choice of name seems pretty bizarre. The famous Erdos [1] was a mathematician, not data scientist, computer scientist, or statistician.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s
- bigmadshoe 1y agoHe did contribute to/utilize probability theory. He came up during my undergrad probability class because of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic_method
- jorgeoguerra 1y agoErdos is also widely considered as the most prolific and productive mathematician of all time (in terms of publications and collaborations). Hopefully you can be as productive with Erdos :)
- mkl 1y agoBut productive with it in a different field from the person it's named after? That's weird. It seems disrespectful to him to name a product after him when its purpose is pretty much unrelated to his work.