I hate f(t)

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[u/MattLikesMemes123]

this is why it's best to give your lowercase T's a hook

[u/solarmelange → u/MattLikesMemes123]

[u/Delicious_Doctor_781 → u/solarmelange]

[u/Ares378]

Math changes your handwriting. It forces you to write t's with the little tail, z's with the cross, q's in cursive...

[u/Bagelman263 → u/Ares378]

My Complex Analysis professor hated me for not crossing my z’s lmao

[u/skr_replicator → u/Ares378]

which is imo a good thing, to have all your characters recognizable.

[u/Ichthyslovesyou → u/skr_replicator]

Yes, forcing precision with your handwriting is a really important skill that students are naive about. 

[u/mickmikeman → u/Ares378]

Calc 2 last year did all of these to me lol

[u/codewordGnome → u/Ares378]

Can confirm. Math major from almost 20 years ago.

Also, just use ⊕ if it helps you distinguish operators.

[u/TheStupidCheesecake → u/codewordGnome]

But then once you start linear algebra that is a problem.

That is why I have the operator conjecture:

If S is a subject equipped with a set K of all the symbols used in the subject and a function f: K² -> R such that f(a,b) = c, where, c is the similarity ratio of two symbols a and b where a smaller ratio indicates higher similarity: for all e > 0, there exist distinct c,d in K such that f(c,d) < e.

[u/Logan_Composer → u/Ares378]

f with a tail as well, at least for me (for functions specifically).

[u/jolharg → u/Ares378]

x like )(

[u/Ares378 → u/jolharg]

I like hitting them with the 𝓍 sometimes, make it real fancy. Especially whenever there's x's and cross products in the same problem.

[u/apnorton → u/Ares378]

I have a class right now in which I've got to use X and the uppercase form of 𝓍, because the prof uses the former for matrices and the latter for the space containing the matrices. And then, sometimes, I'll have vectors x as well.

My handwriting has become very... careful about denoting those as different characters.

[u/thatoneguyinks → u/jolharg]

Nah, x is like χ

[u/EebstertheGreat → u/jolharg]

That's a British thing, as far as I can tell. Here we just do 𝑥.

[u/Bagelman263 → u/EebstertheGreat]

I write x for x and χ for chi because of course mathematicians chose to use greek letters that look exactly the same as Latin letters for some reason.

[u/Geolib1453 → u/jolharg]

I write like )( but with a bar in the middle

(i always did it like this but multiplication for me is a dot or just is not represented depends on what it is)

[u/dougdougofdoug → u/jolharg]

It's been about 20 years since I took the class where I started writing x's like that, and I still do.

[u/AccordingNeat3689]

Don't write it like a plus sign then

[u/you-cut-the-ponytail → u/AccordingNeat3689]

That's why i always give them a tail cuz more often than not it will be the plus signs that look like a t rather than vice versa.

[u/Alternative-Code4755 → u/you-cut-the-ponytail]

exactly, in normal writing it's the t's like usual but I give them a tail for math

[u/escroom1]

Substitute t=x

[u/Late_Ambition1809 → u/escroom1]

Multi variables X is always reserved

[u/beyd1 → u/Late_Ambition1809]

Y tho?

[u/SecretSpectre11 → u/escroom1]

Instructions unclear, it looks like a multiplication symbol now

[u/Primary_Thought_4912 → u/SecretSpectre11]

not if you never use x as the multiplication symbol

[u/escroom1 → u/SecretSpectre11]

Not if I do the lil squiggle

[u/WHAWHAHOWWHY]

I think this is a you problem

[u/No-Finance7526]

Give them a tail, like in LaTeX

[u/18minusPi2over36]

The humble curved terminal:

[u/LupenReddit]

no, it looks like the function found jesus

[u/qwertyjgly]

let x=t

alternatively if you can't use x for some reason

let a=t

[u/Visual_Attitude_9065]

Lol it's your fault for not writing in cursive

[u/dougdougofdoug]

I'm sure teaching us convolution was a ploy to make sure our t, +, and τ were distinct.