Talk:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
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I don't think it's reasonable to say that he was the 20th century's greatest geometer. He may have been the greatest in his particular flavor of geometry, but certainly people like Grothendieck and Thurston can be called geometers - it's like saying that Conway was the 20th century's greatest algebraist.130.238.5.5 22:23, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation of name?
Hi. How did Coxeter pronounce his name? I'm a native speaker of English and it's not clear even for me. Thanks for your help. 64.48.158.34 16:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- I believe it is "cox-se-ter". Roger Hui 16:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
