From kde-i18n-doc Mon Dec 21 07:30:34 2009 From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?q?L=FCck?= Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:30:34 +0000 To: kde-i18n-doc Subject: Re: Errata in kig.po(t) Message-Id: <200912210830.34786.lueck () hube-lueck ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-i18n-doc&m=126138068811026 Am Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2009 23:30:36 schrieb Orestes Mas: > (please, forgive me the cross-posting) > > In kig.po there are some recently added terms concerning Bézier curves. > More precisely, "Quadric" and "Cubic" Bézier curves are mentioned. I think > the word "Quadric" is an error and should be "Quadratic" instead, as you > can see in > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve#Examination_of_cases. > > A "quadric" is a far more general mathematical object, namely an > hypersurface defined as the loci of zeros of a quadratic polynomial. > Nothing closely related to Bézier curves. > Aleix Pol confirmed this change on kde-edu, so this error should be fixed. Let's see what our mathematician Yuri says... -- Burkhard Lück