I reference a/an Eulerian path in my next book.
The name is from the mathematician Euler, which is pronounced (roughly) "Oiler," but is often mispronounced "Yuler." This I know.
But I feel like I tend to hear people say "Yu-LER-ian" for Eulerian instead of "Oi-LER-ean." Although maybe it's a case of my ear eliding the sounds because the emphasis is on the second syllable? I DON'T KNOW. The few pronunciations I found online supported "Yu-LER-ian," but I find myself distrustful because so many people mispronounce the name Euler.
The Internet, by the way, is entirely inconsistent on which (a or an) people use. For instance, the Wikipedia article linked above uses both "a" and "an" just in the introduction. When I Google, "a eulerian" (with quotes) gets 39.5k results and "an eulerian" (with quotes) gets 200k results, which I don't consider ridiculously clear given the pronunciation issues, especially as the Internet itself seems to give me the "Yulerian" pronunciation.
It is possible that nobody will remotely care which I use for this, but I thought I'd ask here in case anyone has any insights, and because, you know, nerd. Also I'd be very interested if anybody has a strong reaction to one or the other as looking wrong.
The name is from the mathematician Euler, which is pronounced (roughly) "Oiler," but is often mispronounced "Yuler." This I know.
But I feel like I tend to hear people say "Yu-LER-ian" for Eulerian instead of "Oi-LER-ean." Although maybe it's a case of my ear eliding the sounds because the emphasis is on the second syllable? I DON'T KNOW. The few pronunciations I found online supported "Yu-LER-ian," but I find myself distrustful because so many people mispronounce the name Euler.
The Internet, by the way, is entirely inconsistent on which (a or an) people use. For instance, the Wikipedia article linked above uses both "a" and "an" just in the introduction. When I Google, "a eulerian" (with quotes) gets 39.5k results and "an eulerian" (with quotes) gets 200k results, which I don't consider ridiculously clear given the pronunciation issues, especially as the Internet itself seems to give me the "Yulerian" pronunciation.
It is possible that nobody will remotely care which I use for this, but I thought I'd ask here in case anyone has any insights, and because, you know, nerd. Also I'd be very interested if anybody has a strong reaction to one or the other as looking wrong.