Boyko's observation is an amusing one. It's a good candidate for a footnote.
Can't promise to include it just yet, however, because I'm expecting (and hoping) Gene's book generates a lot of ongoing discussion, going on well after the publication date. So where to put such discussion? Chris asks if I'd be happy for authors to append their own notes (glosses) to the laundered articles. I'd say yes ... as clearly marked endnotes. Coming after the references, if any. I shall postpone a decision how to incorporate such glosses until I have the whole batch of articles finished. There are several such to go in already, and in the existing book they are footnotes. They may not necessarily be attributed to the originator, but to the all-wise "Ed". Ian > If notes other than related to updating J code are to be considered, > I'd like to mention the following. > > Near the end of the article “Belgian Numbers” > (http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v221/belgium.htm), > there is this paragraph, explaining why the numbers were > so called: > > ‘Why Belgian, indeed. Well, there are Roman numbers, Arabic > numbers, even Catalan numbers. It’s about time Belgium was > recognized. […] Eric Angelini (the creator of these numbers) > […] is Belgian.’ > > The text is misleading by suggesting that Catalan numbers were > named after the Spanish province or the language that is being > spoken in it. In fact they are named after a mathematician. > > What is particularly amusing is that Eugène Catalan – except > being a namesake with Eugene McDonnell(!) – was … Belgian. > > So it is at least for the second time that Belgium gets recognised > in Number theory. > (In fact, the first time I saw the title “Belgian Numbers”, > I thought it had to do with Catalan numbers.) > > Boyko > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
