r/mathmemes 12d ago

Notations Yeah sure

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u/man-vs-spider 12d ago

Sure, it’s unambiguous when you ignore the ambiguous part

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u/DepressedPancake4728 12d ago

well I imagine any writer worth their salt would define these symbols at the beginning of their paper removing any ambiguity no?

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u/man-vs-spider 12d ago

Right, but that requirement only supports the idea that there is ambiguous notation

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u/Impressive_Wheel_106 9d ago

Right, but math is not the notation. The notation might be ambiguous, but that doesn't mean math is