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Notation

A Notation is a set of well-defined rules for representing quantities and operations with symbols.

See also Arrow Notation, Chained Arrow Notation, Circle Notation, Clebsch-Aronhold Notation, Conway's Knot Notation, Dowker Notation, Down Arrow Notation, Petrov Notation, Scientific Notation, Steinhaus-Moser Notation


References

Cajori, F. A History of Mathematical Notations, Vols. 1-2. New York: Dover, 1993.

Miller, J. ``Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols.'' http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html.

Miller, J. ``Earliest Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics.'' http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25