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Notation

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

See also

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

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References

Cajori, F. A History of Mathematical Notations, Vols. 1-2. New York: Dover, 1993.Miller, J. "Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathsym/.Miller, J. "Earliest Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathword/.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Notation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Notation.html

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