The Evolution Of Mathematical Notation

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The Evolution Of Mathematical Notation

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The evolution of mathematical notation from peasant to galaxy brain! First we have the basic "e^x" - what every calculus student scribbles. Then the slightly more sophisticated "exp(x)" that makes you look like you've actually read a textbook. But the final form? "Inn't (x)" - a notation so absurd it's clearly a play on "isn't" while completely butchering exponential function notation. It's the mathematical equivalent of wearing a tuxedo to a swimming pool. The gradual brain illumination perfectly captures how mathematicians think they're achieving transcendence with each new notation, when really they're just making things unnecessarily complicated for the rest of us. Next semester I'll be teaching "squiggly line over upside-down horseshoe of x" as the superior form.

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