User contributions for Christian Lawson-Perfect
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15 July 2021
- 09:4109:41, 15 July 2021 diff hist +230 Something on the right of a radical No edit summary current
- 09:3909:39, 15 July 2021 diff hist +237 The order of terms matters even when they commute No edit summary
- 09:3609:36, 15 July 2021 diff hist +63 N The order of factors matters even when they commute Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page The order of factors matters even when they commute to The order of terms matters even when they commute current Tag: New redirect
- 09:3609:36, 15 July 2021 diff hist 0 m The order of terms matters even when they commute Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page The order of factors matters even when they commute to The order of terms matters even when they commute
- 09:3409:34, 15 July 2021 diff hist +2 The order of terms matters even when they commute No edit summary
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14 July 2021
- 14:3314:33, 14 July 2021 diff hist +73 Combinations No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 14 July 2021 diff hist +33 N Template:Please add Created page with "{{Fix|change=Please add {{{1}}}}}" current
- 14:2914:29, 14 July 2021 diff hist +79 N Template:Fix Created page with "<span class="fix {{{classes|}}}" style="white-space:nowrap">{{{change}}}</span>" current
- 14:2614:26, 14 July 2021 diff hist +96 N MediaWiki:Common.css Created page with "→CSS placed here will be applied to all skins: .fix { color: blue; font-style: italic; }" current
- 14:2314:23, 14 July 2021 diff hist +21 Chaining operators and relations No edit summary current
- 14:2314:23, 14 July 2021 diff hist −30 Chaining operators and relations No edit summary
- 14:2214:22, 14 July 2021 diff hist +617 Chaining operators and relations No edit summary
- 09:2009:20, 14 July 2021 diff hist +623 ! No edit summary
- 08:5108:51, 14 July 2021 diff hist +372 Main Page No edit summary
13 July 2021
- 13:5813:58, 13 July 2021 diff hist +725 Whystartatxyz talk:Organisation No edit summary current
- 13:4913:49, 13 July 2021 diff hist 0 m Negating a fraction No edit summary current
- 13:4813:48, 13 July 2021 diff hist +441 N Negating a fraction Created page with "Category:Ambiguities When negating a fraction written on two lines, just putting a minus sign in front is easy to mistake for a long dividing line: \[ - \frac{x^3 + 3x^2..."
- 13:4413:44, 13 July 2021 diff hist +712 N Space is significant Created page with "Category:Ambiguities Empty space is often significant in mathematical notation, but it's easy to misinterpret, and hard to produce accurately. TeX applies different amou..."
- 10:0310:03, 13 July 2021 diff hist +528 Whystartatxyz:Organisation No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 13 July 2021 diff hist −7 m Whystartatxyz:Organisation No edit summary
- 09:5809:58, 13 July 2021 diff hist +1,104 N Whystartatxyz:Organisation Created page with "==Of pages== At the moment (2021-07-13), there are a few dozen pages, each belonging to one or two out of a handful of categories. I'm keen to identify common themes, but ho..."
- 09:4309:43, 13 July 2021 diff hist +62 Set notation No edit summary
- 09:3209:32, 13 July 2021 diff hist 0 Prime symbol in variable names →Alternatives current
11 July 2021
- 15:2815:28, 11 July 2021 diff hist +81 N Category:Needs filling in Created page with "Pages that might have a link or two or a snippet of an idea, but need filling in." current
- 15:2815:28, 11 July 2021 diff hist +194 Main Page →Categories
- 15:2715:27, 11 July 2021 diff hist +735 Main Page →Categories
- 15:2715:27, 11 July 2021 diff hist +64 Category:Unpleasantness No edit summary current
- 15:2415:24, 11 July 2021 diff hist +22 m Or No edit summary current
- 15:2215:22, 11 July 2021 diff hist +562 N Or Created page with "Category:Ambiguities The word "or", when used in mathematics, usually means the the relation \(A \vee B\), with the following truth table: {| class="wikitable" |+ Captio..."
- 15:2215:22, 11 July 2021 diff hist +4 m Whole numbers No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 11 July 2021 diff hist +30 What is a fraction No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 11 July 2021 diff hist +30 Ways of writing numbers No edit summary current
- 15:2015:20, 11 July 2021 diff hist +76 Category:Inconsistencies No edit summary current
- 13:4513:45, 11 July 2021 diff hist +65 N Category:Language Created page with "This category collects problems to do with mathematical language." current
- 13:4413:44, 11 July 2021 diff hist +1 m Symbols that look identical in certain contexts No edit summary current
- 13:4413:44, 11 July 2021 diff hist +25 Stacked fractions No edit summary
- 13:4213:42, 11 July 2021 diff hist +82 N Category:Handwriting Created page with "This category collects things that only or mainly come up in handwritten notation."
- 13:4113:41, 11 July 2021 diff hist +30 Positive-and-Negative No edit summary current
- 13:4013:40, 11 July 2021 diff hist +633 Modular equivalence No edit summary current
- 13:3113:31, 11 July 2021 diff hist +38 N Talk:Mod Notation Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Talk:Mod Notation to Talk:Modular equivalence current Tag: New redirect
- 13:3113:31, 11 July 2021 diff hist 0 m Talk:Modular equivalence Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Talk:Mod Notation to Talk:Modular equivalence current
- 13:3113:31, 11 July 2021 diff hist +33 N Mod Notation Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Mod Notation to Modular equivalence current Tag: New redirect
- 13:3113:31, 11 July 2021 diff hist 0 m Modular equivalence Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Mod Notation to Modular equivalence
10 July 2021
- 15:0615:06, 10 July 2021 diff hist +188 Talk:Modular equivalence No edit summary
- 15:0215:02, 10 July 2021 diff hist +92 Juxtaposition means combine in the obvious way No edit summary
- 15:0115:01, 10 July 2021 diff hist +77 Matrix indices No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 10 July 2021 diff hist +49 N Lack of brackets in language Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Lack of brackets in language to Lack of brackets in spoken language current Tag: New redirect
- 14:5414:54, 10 July 2021 diff hist 0 m Lack of brackets in spoken language Christian Lawson-Perfect moved page Lack of brackets in language to Lack of brackets in spoken language
- 14:2914:29, 10 July 2021 diff hist +58 LaTeΧ No edit summary current
- 14:2914:29, 10 July 2021 diff hist +317 N Symbols that look identical in certain contexts Created page with "Category:Ambiguities Category:Needs filling in Some pairs of symbols look identical when handwritten, or when rendered in certain fonts. ==Examples== * The Latin le..."
- 14:2514:25, 10 July 2021 diff hist +30 Handwritten x No edit summary current
- 14:2414:24, 10 July 2021 diff hist +248 Handwritten x No edit summary
- 14:2414:24, 10 July 2021 diff hist +79 Handwritten x No edit summary
- 14:2314:23, 10 July 2021 diff hist +242 N File:Three ways of writing x.jpg No edit summary current
- 14:2114:21, 10 July 2021 diff hist +30 Equality, identity, definition No edit summary current
- 14:2114:21, 10 July 2021 diff hist −1 m Combinations No edit summary
- 14:2114:21, 10 July 2021 diff hist +31 m Combinations No edit summary
- 14:2114:21, 10 July 2021 diff hist −1 m Chaining operators and relations No edit summary
- 14:2114:21, 10 July 2021 diff hist +31 m Chaining operators and relations No edit summary
8 July 2021
- 15:1715:17, 8 July 2021 diff hist +96 Handwritten x No edit summary
- 14:5714:57, 8 July 2021 diff hist +112 Function application without parentheses No edit summary
- 12:5012:50, 8 July 2021 diff hist +34 Main Page No edit summary
- 08:5708:57, 8 July 2021 diff hist +274 Main Page No edit summary
- 08:5108:51, 8 July 2021 diff hist +197 Long variable names No edit summary
- 08:4008:40, 8 July 2021 diff hist +200 References No edit summary
- 08:3308:33, 8 July 2021 diff hist −1 m Juxtaposition means combine in the obvious way No edit summary
- 08:3208:32, 8 July 2021 diff hist +34 Juxtaposition means combine in the obvious way No edit summary
- 08:3208:32, 8 July 2021 diff hist +629 N Juxtaposition means combine in the obvious way Created page with "In an expression, putting two things immediately next to each other usually means that they should be combined in some way. It's usually implicit that the combination operatio..."
- 08:2208:22, 8 July 2021 diff hist +1,310 N Function application without parentheses Created page with "Category:Ambiguities It's sometimes OK to write a function name followed by its argument, without any parentheses. Because there's There is no function application symb..."
7 July 2021
- 18:3118:31, 7 July 2021 diff hist +560 N Intervals Created page with "Category:Local variations Intervals are often written as a pair of numbers between two brackets, with the brackets determining whether the interval is open or closed at e..." current
- 12:2212:22, 7 July 2021 diff hist +79 Parentheses are overused No edit summary
- 10:1210:12, 7 July 2021 diff hist −1 Main Page No edit summary
6 July 2021
- 14:5014:50, 6 July 2021 diff hist +74 Powers of trigonometric functions No edit summary current
- 14:4514:45, 6 July 2021 diff hist +118 References No edit summary
- 14:4314:43, 6 July 2021 diff hist +458 N ! Created page with "Category:Ambiguities The ! symbol is used to represent the factorial operation. When a factorial appears inside a sentence, it's possible to misinterpret the ! as an exc..."
- 14:0914:09, 6 July 2021 diff hist +150 Parentheses are overused No edit summary
- 14:0714:07, 6 July 2021 diff hist +87 References No edit summary
- 13:5613:56, 6 July 2021 diff hist +415 Symbols for names No edit summary
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2021 diff hist +32 Main Page No edit summary
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2021 diff hist +5 m Handwritten x No edit summary
- 13:5013:50, 6 July 2021 diff hist +332 N Handwritten x Created page with "Category:Local variations The letter x is often written differently in a mathematical context to prose text, in order to distinguish it from the multiplication symbol, \(..."
- 13:2413:24, 6 July 2021 diff hist +60 Parentheses are overused No edit summary
- 13:0513:05, 6 July 2021 diff hist +585 Symbols for names No edit summary
- 12:5612:56, 6 July 2021 diff hist +831 N Symbols for names Created page with "There are many conventions to do with naming things. This page might split into several when it gets big enough. Mathematicians tend to use single Latin letters to name thing..."
- 04:4904:49, 6 July 2021 diff hist +95 N Equality, identity, definition Created page with "<ref>[https://twitter.com/DavidKButlerUoA/status/1412252548833046541?s=19 Twitter thread]</ref>"
5 July 2021
- 10:1310:13, 5 July 2021 diff hist +19 Parentheses are overused No edit summary
- 09:5309:53, 5 July 2021 diff hist +56 Set notation No edit summary
- 09:5209:52, 5 July 2021 diff hist +674 N Set notation Created page with "When defining a set, something is normally put between curly braces. There are a few different conventions for what can go inside: * All the elements of the set, separated by..."
3 July 2021
- 14:3214:32, 3 July 2021 diff hist +38 What is a fraction No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 3 July 2021 diff hist −11 Ways of writing numbers No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 3 July 2021 diff hist +36 Ways of writing numbers No edit summary
- 14:3114:31, 3 July 2021 diff hist +30 There is no function application symbol No edit summary current
- 14:3014:30, 3 July 2021 diff hist +25 Quotes No edit summary
- 14:2714:27, 3 July 2021 diff hist +97 N Category:Local variations Created page with "This category collects conventions in notation that are particular to a place or group of people."
- 14:2614:26, 3 July 2021 diff hist +31 Combinations No edit summary
2 July 2021
- 19:0519:05, 2 July 2021 diff hist +146 Lack of brackets in spoken language No edit summary
- 15:0415:04, 2 July 2021 diff hist −34 Main Page No edit summary
- 15:0415:04, 2 July 2021 diff hist +228 N Quotes Created page with "<blockquote>Symboles are poor unhandsome (though necessary) scaffolds of demonstration; and ought no more to appear in publique, then the most deformed necessary business whic..."
- 15:0415:04, 2 July 2021 diff hist −230 Main Page No edit summary Tag: Manual revert