TCHEBYCHEFF Documentation Error

[Diego Diaz]

Hi there,

Transliterating Russian names is (to say the least) not a simple task. :-)

Although I've seen his (family) name spelled mostly as "Shebyshev", the fact is that the Russian pronunciation is way different from what "Shebyshev" sounds in English.

Some papers, including a letter from the Russian Embassy declares "Tchebycheff" as a French transliteration; being "Shebyshev" its English counterpart.

However, original: [Пафну́тий Льво́вич] Чебышёв, will more likely be pronounced in English as "Tsheebushov". But certainly I'm not proposing yet another variation to include in the current mess. :-D

Just found this post funny and want to share my thoughts... (as wrong as they might be).

Merry Xmas!!

Diego.