Re: [boost] [operators] euclidean vs euclidian (was: fixed-pt [improved])

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-02 09:01:35

On Aug 1, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Michael Fawcett wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Hervé Brönnimann
> <hervebronnimann_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> This is not related to fixed-point per se, but why did  
>> boost.operators
>> choose the spelling euclidian instead of the more common  
>> euclidean?  I did
>> check the Merriam-Webster, and both spellings are accepted (to my  
>> surprise),
>> but I believe that most mathematicians use Euclidean...
>
> I'm surprised too - I've never seen it spelled otherwise.  I checked
> the APIs we're currently using and they all use Euclidean.  Google
> pulls up 3,820,000 for euclidean, and 325,000 for euclidian (it also
> says "Did you mean: euclidean").
>
> In Google Code Search it pulls up 44,600 for euclidean, and 7,000  
> for euclidian.

I just picked the first proper adjective form I found in a book or  
web page.  (I think it was me; it was added via a change in <http:// 
svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/11813/trunk/boost/boost/ 
operators.hpp> from both me and Helmut Zeisel, and I forgot who did  
what.  This is why checking in combined changes is bad, kids.)  This  
was 7 years ago, before Goggle got big (and I got a separate CVS/SVN  
account), and who looked for a web-consensus back then?

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