From ronnie@cisco.com Wed Jun 10 15:12:01 1992 Return-Path: Received: from wolf.cisco.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA01827; Wed, 10 Jun 92 15:12:01 EDT Received: from lager.cisco.com by wolf.cisco.com with TCP; Wed, 10 Jun 92 12:11:36 -0700 Message-Id: <9206101911.AA01765@wolf.cisco.com> To: wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) Cc: Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Name query. From: ronnie@cisco.com Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 12:11:35 PDT Sender: ronnie@cisco.com > Can anyone tell me:- > > Why is the "Pons Asinorum" pattern so called ? Pons Asinorum is Latin for "Asses' Bridge," and is the name of the proposition that the base angles of an isoceles triangle are equal. It is more generally any test of ability imposed upon the inexperienced or ignorant. Ronnie (who has xwebster)