Re: A Brief Note on Notation

George Dance wrote:
>
> IMO, when it comes to notation logic today is much like mathematics 500
> years
> ago. To me, that's a negative; I'd like to see a common notation, and
> I think that one worthy goal of logic lists like this would be to agree
>
> on and work towards adoption of, a common notation.

In those parts of mathematics that aren't logic one sees divergences in
notation. Some examples:

arc sin and sin^{-1}

log and ln

AB and A.B and AxB.

I'm surprised that "ln" is still used or "log", but it is, even in
undergraduate texts.
--
I don't know who you are Sir, or where you come from,
but you've done me a power of good.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: why lorentz transformation?
    ... If he didn't think that it was mathematics, ... Deal with the math or shut the fuck up. ... >| new coordinates xi, eta, zeta, tau, and no symbol is used to denote ... notation became important for you later in your posting. ...
    (sci.physics.relativity)
  • Re: Notation (was Re: Is this a general property of an abelian group?)
    ... But good notation is more than just unambiguous. ... But that confusion only exists if you insist that the symbol MUST ... simply will not get very far in doing mathematics. ... I can imagine something like "take one pigeon, and add another pigeon, ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: A Brief Note on Notation
    ... >> IMO, when it comes to notation logic today is much like mathematics 500 ... reason not to so long as it's strictly defined (I assume, ...
    (sci.logic)
  • Re: Why is LISP syntax superior?
    ... Since you seem to like mathematics, ... avoid prefix notation. ... if symbols is head in a LISP list or not. ... definition for a sequence of binary processes. ...
    (comp.lang.lisp)
  • Re: A MOD B NO MATH HAHAHAHA !!
    ... In mathematics "mod" is not an operator. ... standard mathematical notation there is no ... David C. Ullrich ... "Understanding Godel isn't about following his formal ...
    (sci.math)
Quantcast