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Re:Tips for mathematical handwriting (2007) by BeetleB on Sunday February 09, 2025 @11:35AM (#42991690)
I'm sorry, but you used ' to denote differentiation.

To have it his way, you'd right:

(derivative(right_expression))(expression)

and so on.

Clear as mud!

Re:Tips for mathematical handwriting (2007) by fujinghg on Sunday February 09, 2025 @11:57AM (#42991831)
Good point. Urgh.

Perhaps he's a LISP programmer and has some spare brackets floating around :-)