Invented by an 18th-century English mathematician, Thomas Bayes,
“Invented”?
It’s common to say mathematicians “invented” certain techniques, especially when the result is constructive (in the sense that an explicit thing is built, not in the technical sense).
Nobody seems to be able to decide if mathematics was discovered or invented...
“Invented”?
It’s common to say mathematicians “invented” certain techniques, especially when the result is constructive (in the sense that an explicit thing is built, not in the technical sense).
Nobody seems to be able to decide if mathematics was discovered or invented...