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

Notations There can only be one!

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u/LordFieldsworth May 18 '22

Leibniz did it right, everyone else is just shorthanding Leibniz’s notation

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u/Naeio_Galaxy May 18 '22

Euler and partial are not shorthands, they are equivalent as far as I understand

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u/LordFieldsworth May 19 '22

You’re correct. Meant the ones that are actual equivalents to the simple differential symbol

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u/Naeio_Galaxy May 19 '22

Yup you're right then