Valyi pedal sequence

Brendan McKay bdm at cs.anu.edu.au
Fri Jan 14 13:59:10 CET 2005


* Brendan McKay <bdm at cs.anu.edu.au> [050114 23:51]:
> 
> I think I found the original paper.   He uses "Fusspunktdreicke"
> which is something like "foot/base triangle" presumably refering to
> the feet of the altitudes.  I don't know how it got to be "pedal".

Silly me, of course it is the oldish meaning of pedal: "Of, pertaining
to, or connected with the foot or feet" to quote OED.

Brendan. 





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