cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3062545
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You’re telling me that Pythagoras Theorem are invented by none other than John Theorem? You want me to believe that?
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As always, relevant Wikipedia links:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
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It’s even better when you break the name down kwarizam is where he’s from and Muhammad is a common first name. It’s like saying Johnny English (or may be Jean Francois) invented calculus in 10-diggity-dig
Book of Indian computation
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I always thought that the guy who invented the Internet created the first one. That’s why they’re called Al Gore-isms, no?
