2

Which of the following phrases are correct?

"Faulhaber formula" or "Faulhaber's formula"

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

"Faulhaber formula" on its own is not good, because it's not grammatical. "The Faulhaber formula" is at least grammatical.

The question is then: should you put "the" before the name, or should you use a possessive? Usage varies, and sometimes you may see both forms.

I see that Wikipedia's article is named "Faulhaber's formula", so I would go with that.

Improve this answer
2
  • If there are one or two other general forms of this Faulhaber's formula, we write: "Generalized Faulhaber formula" and not "Generalized Faulhaber's formula"?
    – L.L
    Commented Jun 6, 2022 at 15:38
  • 1
    British English often puts apostrophes where American English does not, for example the condition Down's syndrome is called Down syndrome in the US.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Jun 7, 2022 at 12:49

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .