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Name that symmetry group  
« on: Jun 18th, 2008, 1:01pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
New Scientist is holding a competition for the name of a new symmetry group:
Competition: Name that mathematical object
Contest entry page
 
I'm not sure I should be naming things I don't quite understand though.
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Re: Name that symmetry group  
« Reply #1 on: Jun 19th, 2008, 11:32am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Jun 18th, 2008, 1:01pm, towr wrote:
I'm not sure I should be naming things I don't quite understand though.

 
That's why I suggested "Becca," after an ex-girlfriend of mine. I didn't quite understand her either.
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