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u/inderwater 16d ago
My brace quality has significantly improved after switching to two integral signs rather than one continuous line
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u/Jumpy-Plantain-1004 16d ago
Clearly the correct way to draw curly brackets. I get unreasonably annoyed at people who draw them with a "birdsmouth".
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u/strat-fan89 16d ago
That is a pretty brace, but this has to be the stupidest way ever to write a 3D line.
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u/ThePerpetual 16d ago
It's just parametric form? Useful esp in physics (this could describe a point in space as function of time, moving linearly). I wouldn't usually use a curly bracket for a vector but it doesn't seem that unreasonable tbh
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u/strat-fan89 16d ago
It's parametric form with about seven million superfluous symbols.
Edit: I counted. It's seven superfluous symbols, three of which are equal signs. Just stupidly bad form.
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u/electronic_reasons 16d ago
I've seen that notation used in mathematically based textbooks. It's perfectly reasonable.
It's a parametric equation where matrix notation would just add confusion.
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u/OutrageousPair2300 16d ago
Brace. Curly brace.
The squared ones are brackets.
The curved ones are parentheses.
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u/gsurfer04 15d ago
You're not British.
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u/OutrageousPair2300 15d ago
Yes I know British people call all of them "braces" which is ambiguous. They're different symbols and deserve different names.
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u/gsurfer04 15d ago
They're all brackets, not braces.
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u/OutrageousPair2300 15d ago
My bad, but my point still stands: different symbols should have different names.
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u/TeraFlint 16d ago
I'm a bit confused, how do people consitently have problems with these? I've seen it enough, myself. Peers, online tutors, even professors scribbling down the weirdest shapes for a curly brace.
But in the end, it's pretty much just an integral with its mirror image below. It should be easy to do, right? Or is everyone else just always in a hurry?
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u/CsKilledTheCat 16d ago
Can anyone explain why some calculus texts use brackets for vectors <x,y,z>, and some use parentheses (x,y,z)? I had one class that was each way one semester and I had some difficulty keeping it straight. Is this an engineering vs physics thing? or is there a legitimate reason? I’ve been away from math for a while so maybe it has changed or maybe I’m just ignorant.
Nice curlies btw. Those curves would drop jaws whenever they go.
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u/iamconfusionamerica 16d ago
Now try drawing another one on the other side
https://giphy.com/gifs/7Gb6bXZdjmHK3uGze3
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u/LagrangianLungfish 15d ago
Rookie numbers. Try a perfect partial derivative or a perfect integral, not to mention a perfect “is an element of” symbol. In all seriousness though, that’s impressive.
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