https://whystartat.xyz/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=CsangwinWhy start at x, y, z - User contributions [en-gb]2026-05-25T14:43:32ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.0https://whystartat.xyz/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=111Main Page2021-07-02T11:59:05Z<p>Csangwin: </p>
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This is a collection of ambiguous, inconsistent, or just unpleasant conventions in mathematical notation.<br />
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<blockquote>Symboles are poor unhandsome (though necessary) scaffolds of demonstration; and ought no more to appear in publique, then the most deformed necessary business which you do in your chambers. (Hobbes 1656)</blockquote><br />
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For each bit of notation, I want to collect examples, alternatives, and references to discussions about them.<br />
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The site's name is a reference to the question about why we start naming variables at \(x\).<br />
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You can edit this site, once you've [[Special:CreateAccount|created an account]].<br />
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[[References|Useful references]]<br />
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==Categories==<br />
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* [[:Category:Inconsistencies]]<br />
* [[:Category:Ambiguities]]<br />
* [[:Category:Unpleasantness]]<br />
* [[:Category:Conflicting definitions]]<br />
* [[:Category:References]]</div>Csangwin