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[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago

I remember the day I realized that Africa and South America fit together when looking at a paper atlas. It felt like I had just discovered something incredible. I guess I had, but I wasn't the first. :-)

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 72 points 8 months ago

This happens a lot on mathematics, you figure out something that it's looks incredible just to find out Euler already found it centuries ago.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 8 months ago

That's why they name things after the second person to discover it - Euler was inevitably the first.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Its always nice when it’s someone other than Euler

this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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