Timeline for Are there any mathematical objects that got renamed over time?
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| Mar 18, 2022 at 21:16 | comment | added | uhoh | @MichaelLugo that's an interesting point! Potentially related: Has there ever been a case where someone wished a theorem or important result wasn't named after them? Has it happened more than once? | |
| Mar 18, 2022 at 14:53 | comment | added | Michael Lugo | Are there any examples of renamings motivated by extra-mathematical concern? For example, has anything gotten renamed because it was originated by a Nazi? | |
| Mar 17, 2022 at 10:09 | comment | added | jacques | Essentially, B* algebras have been renamed to C* algebras (both terms used to exist, but later it was found that they are essentially the same thing). For details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C*-algebra#Some_history:_B*-algebras_and_C*-algebras | |
| Mar 17, 2022 at 3:39 | answer | added | KCd | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 22:21 | answer | added | Lutz Lehmann | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 19:35 | answer | added | Antonielly | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 17:17 | comment | added | Nick Matteo | I don't think the ancient Greeks would have talked about irrational numbers; such things weren't numbers for them. They'd have talked about two quantities being incommensurable. | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 11:32 | answer | added | allo | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 10:28 | vote | accept | neizod | ||
| Mar 16, 2022 at 3:02 | answer | added | Pilcrow | timeline score: 12 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 2:15 | answer | added | Big Brother | timeline score: 12 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 1:55 | history | edited | Big Brother | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2022 at 0:15 | answer | added | Adam Brown | timeline score: 27 | |
| Mar 15, 2022 at 19:45 | answer | added | Moishe Kohan | timeline score: 16 | |
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| Mar 15, 2022 at 10:28 | answer | added | Gerald Edgar | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 15, 2022 at 9:33 | history | edited | neizod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Mar 15, 2022 at 8:50 | history | asked | neizod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |