• MBM@lemmings.world
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    9 months ago

    Mathematicians do weird stuff to get more letters, but I’ve never seen anyone use x and 𝑥 for different things

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      9 months ago

      I’ve never seen anyone use x and 𝑥 for different things

      Yeah, me neither. I have had situations where I needed to distinguish between u, v, nu, and upsilon though. I had to be very careful with my handwriting that day…