Timeline for First appearance of the term sinus cardinalis
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| Jun 25, 2018 at 19:11 | comment | added | Francois Ziegler | I think you’re right that the name “cardinal” for interpolation series goes back to Whittaker. But who first called the sinc function “cardinal sine” remains anyone’s guess. Whittaker (1915) certainly doesn’t, nor does Woodward imply that “c” is for cardinal. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 15:38 | history | edited | Carl Witthoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
corrected reference trail
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| Jun 25, 2018 at 15:29 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @FrancoisZiegler I stand corrected -- the text of the WIki page was rather misleading. I'll try to update my answer shortly | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 14:44 | comment | added | Francois Ziegler | The Wikipedia page doesn’t say that, nor do the words “cardinal” or “cardinalis” appear in the quoted 1952 paper and 1953 book. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 at 12:02 | history | answered | Carl Witthoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 |