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Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by partycoder on Monday November 06, 2017 @12:51AM (#15633669)
3Blue1Brown made a video about math notation for power/logarithms/roots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULa9Lc4pck

It's messy to actually draw a triangle, but there are alternative notations for it.

Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by posterboy on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:37AM (#15642031)
what's messy about drawing?
Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by partycoder on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @07:59AM (#15642955)
I think in practice a triangle can be too large.
Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by posterboy on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @11:47AM (#15644938)
if you think large, write large.