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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by Retric on Saturday January 05, 2019 @12:44PM (#18832982)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notation_for_differentiation

Taking classes that use different notation for the same thing is annoying.

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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by robbiep on Saturday January 05, 2019 @01:52PM (#18833449)
Your example is not analogous to medicine - there is consistent and highly specific naming conventions for a reason
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by Retric on Saturday January 05, 2019 @07:47PM (#18835511)
It’s not generally ambiguous in math, and a similar situation exists when a patient describes his symptoms using different words.

That said, I started with: ‘Math is arguably worse with redundant notations for the same thing.’

He asked “I’m also curious what you think is redundant in math notation.”

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