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[-] copd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Technically there is a (x - ๐‘ฅ) in there. U+1D465 != x so this post is a little meh

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 11 points 1 month ago

Mathematicians do weird stuff to get more letters, but I've never seen anyone use x and ๐‘ฅ for different things

I've never seen anyone use x and ๐‘ฅ 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...

[-] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They also wouldn't want to be ambiguous. If I was trying to write this problem the a, b, c... would get replaced by something like a_1, a_2,..., a_26 to be clearer. This problem works as a fun gotcha but isn't something that would come up in the real world.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

the first variables aren't roman. they're italicized as well. idk where you're getting the x vs x thing.

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