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2026-05-09 22:59 UTC
@jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz @de_Jong_Tom@mathstodon.xyz @ionica@mathstodon.xyz I also always thought that you are a britske wiskundige! 🙃
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@jaror@social.edu.nl 2026-05-09 23:39
@helge@mastodon.social @jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz @de_Jong_Tom@mathstodon.xyz @ionica@mathstodon.xyz fun fact: the Dutch word for maths, wiskunde, is so different from most other languages because of one 17th century guy called Simon Stevin inventing cool new names for all the sciences.