myrmepropagandist on Nostr: Some of the quirks of "mathspeak" can be traced back to particular professors. For ...
Some of the quirks of "mathspeak" can be traced back to particular professors. For example calling the subscript of 0 "nought" -- what is wrong with "sub zero?" nothing really. But, knowing it can be called "nought" makes the landscape a little less unfamiliar.
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