Quote:X4.5 Where have these terms - Delaunay, Voronoi - come from and how to
X pronounce them?
X
X Such questions arise regularly in the newsgroups such as
X sci.math.num-analysis or comp.graphics.algorithms.
X Delaunay and Voronoi are probably two biggest names in computational
X geometry. Delaunay was a math professor at Moscow University in 20-
X 30-ies(?). He seems to be of a French descent. There are no Russian
X name which have similar spelling, while it is a fairly frequent French
X name [de - la -'ne]. This is quite possible, since there were quite a lot
X of French settled in Russia after French Revolution and in 19-th century.
X Voronoi worked in Germany and in France at the beginning of this
X century. It is interesting to note that in contrast to Delaunay he
X probably was of Russian origin. This is a typical Russian word and name
X pronounced [vo-ro-'noy]. It means "raven" (color, typically of a horse).
X These names are connected with a fundamental partition of a domain -
X Delaunay triangulation and Voronoi tesselation. This partition and
X discovery of its many properties is also connected with other names -
X such as Dirichle and Thiessen.