Zerene offers several different interpolators, and most of them in the menu item are called "Lanczos" interpolators. How should that name be pronounced? Who is/was this guy?
Yesterday I found out, in a random walk through internet math and physics lectures. It turns out that, among other things, Lanczos was an assistant of Einstein, and in 1972 he participated in a roundtable talk on Einstein which was fortunately preserved for posterity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akf-aF06h5A
Here he talks about his interesting life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO6xtSxB5Vg
And about his math research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSHHi9QCjA
So I learned that his name can be transliterated as "Lanchos" for English speakers.
Lanczos interpolation: How to pronounce it?
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Re: Lanczos interpolation: How to pronounce it?
By the looks of it the name could be Hungarian. If correct, then it would be [Lansos] (not [Lensos]!) with an s-sound in the middle.
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Re: Lanczos interpolation: How to pronounce it?
It is Hungarian but the middle sound is "ch", not "s". Check out the video, it is fascinating.
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Re: Lanczos interpolation: How to pronounce it?
Ah, I misread that as Lanszos...
'cz' I don't know by experience. According to http://www.pronunciationguide.info/Hungarian.html is should bepronounced [ts].
'cz' I don't know by experience. According to http://www.pronunciationguide.info/Hungarian.html is should bepronounced [ts].
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