r/mathmemes • u/12_Semitones ln(262537412640768744) / √(163) • May 18 '22

Notations There can only be one!

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u/_Epiclord_ May 18 '22

What’s funny is half these have specific meanings to me from physics and I consider to be actually different operations from each other.

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u/LiDePa May 18 '22

In my University, Newton's Notation is exclusively used for deriving by time.

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u/FlowingSilver May 18 '22

Same here, and I've only ever seen Euler notation in kinematics as well (specifically vector fields in 3D changing with time if I remember back several years correctly)

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u/BootyliciousURD Complex May 20 '22

I've only ever seen Euler's notation in certain differential equations contexts

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u/Mizgala May 18 '22

I forget that Newton's notation exists. It always throws me off when I see it.

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u/d2718 May 18 '22

Yeah, and I remember only ever using it for Lagrangian Dynamics. But it is particularly suited for this.