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Just went over the Heaviside step function at University before break. It's a strong contender for the most kick-ass name in Maths academia.
by linksbro 12y ago
Just went over the Heaviside step function at University before break. It's a strong contender for the most kick-ass name in Maths academia.
- jib 12y agoRight up there with Picard's great theorem.
- JadeNB 12y ago> Just went over the Heaviside step function at University before break. Like luos (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8798638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8798638), I've always liked to pretend to my students that it is so named because there is a heavy side and a light side. (Of course, I do tell them it's a joke!) EDIT: Actually, I realise that I'm not sure why it is so kick-ass. Is it the idea of having a simple concept named after you? If so, then I have respectfully to assert that nothing beats the Kronecker delta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronecker_delta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronecker_delta). (Perhaps Abelian groups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group) come close.)