Talk:Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow

Pronunciation[edit]

I recall reading a book that specified the pronunciation of Sylow, and noted that pronouncing it like Silo is completely wrong. It may have been "The theory of finite groups : an introduction", by Hans Kurzweil, and Bernd Stellmacher (but that strikes me as wrong) but I don't have access to the library to check it any more. In any case, we should have a note on the correct pronounciation, here and possibly on Sylow Theorem.--Prosfilaes 17:50, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I support this comment. One of my teachers told me to pronounce it "sylov". We should definitively have an .ogg file with the pronunciation of his name. Randomblue (talk) 15:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually more like See-Wov. The l is actually an ł. --128.6.168.245 (talk) 15:04, 26 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.6.168.245 (talk) [reply]

According to "Contemporary Abstract Algebra" by Gallian & Gallian pg 341 it's pronounced "See-low". Merosonox t c g 18:11, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of second name[edit]

I suggest we ought to follow Norwegian practice in spelling his name as "Ludvig", not "Ludwig". This would agree with

* Store norske leksikon (http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ludvig_Sylow/utdypning), as well as several references quoted there

* Norwegian Wikipedia

* Nynorsk Wikipedia

* Netherlands Wikipedia.

Probably "Ludwig" (the German spelling of the name) may be a mistake imported from some English-language sources which I trust less than the Norwegian ones. (In his own publications which I've seen he just appears as "L. Sylow", which helps not at all.) I suppose the change would mean moving the page. I wouldn't do that without authority or consensus.

Ambrose H. Field (talk) 19:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]