Abuse of notation
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Abuse of notation
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In mathematics, abuse of notation occurs when an author uses a mathematical notation in a way that is not entirely formally correct, but which might help simplify the exposition or suggest the correct intuition. However, since the concept of formal/syntactical correctness depends on both time and context, certain notations in mathematics that are flagged as abuse in one context could be formally correct in one or more other contexts. Time-dependent abuses of notation may occur when novel notatio
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Informal use of mathematical notation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of_notation
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2023-12-24T01:03:55Z
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