/g/ brainlets will defend this
>greek alphabet
>obscure
Must suck to be a fucking brainlet
>>62362445
Maths was born a long time ago before they invented Java.
whatever javascript coders use is the wrong way
>>62362445
Most areas of mathematics have conventional variable names that become obvious once you've spent more than two minutes studying them.
KillYourSelf
>>62362493
perhaps I could've made it more clear in the OP but I disagree with the pictured tweet
Because mathematicians usually explain what the variable's content is in the article unless it's trivially understandable.
the complexity of mathematics is greatly overstated; a large part of it is bad writing
Someone clearly hasn't used APL.
>>62362493
But Δ means a dozen wildly different things so that's obviously not true
>>62362445
the single (greek) letters are descriptive
>>62362617
Not in the same paper.
>>62362445
Mathematicians type: Δ
Programmers type: delta
>>62362651
>>62362668
Mathematicians type: Δ
Mathematicians mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_method
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_operator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass%27s_elliptic_functions#Modular_discriminant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_difference
>>62362683
yeah? What's your point?
>>62362683
depending on the context it is obvious which delta you are referring to
math variables are more localized, an equation will only require a few and they should be as brief as possible
in physics you are dealing with lots of constants that measure real world quantities and so foreign alphabets are good for having a brief but recognizable name for these that can be used often without cluttering the equation
>>62362617
But it means the same thing in the given domaim. For examaple: epsilon usually means a very small number in calculus, in signal analisys it is used for the unit step function.
Lambda on the other hand is generally used for constant products in almost every subfield of maths.
The use of varables have very old cenventions
>>62362683
And it is usually obvious to the context.
Usually it means a finite difference or derivative.
Calling it Delta is just as bad.
>>62362690
That 'Δ' is no more descriptive of a variable/function than 'x'.
Mathematicians are the kind of people who enjoy code golf, using as few characters as possible while still technically writing something that works.
>>62362704
Yeah, makes it harder to copy+paste though :V
>>62362721
What I said:
>Mathematicians type: Δ
>Programmers type: delta
What you seem to think I said:
>'Δ' is more descriptive than 'delta'
You seem like a very confused man.
>>62362445
>Programmers
communication via source files of arbitrary length, only restriction is that non-ascii symbols may cause trouble in some instances
>Mathematicians
publish in journals and conference proceedings with fixed format and maximal length, variable names must stand out in plain text
>>62362730
>>'Δ' is more descriptive than 'delta'
>You seem like a very confused man.
lets see you type out a math equation replacing all the symbols with their english names and we'll see how it looks
>>62362445
is he that dumb?
>>62362721
>Mathematicians are the kind of people who enjoy code golf, using as few characters as possible while still technically writing something that works.
Nah, i's just faster and more efficent tonise symbols, rather than text
>>62362757
Brainlet, I didn't say one is more descriptive than the other. You're projecting opinions onto what I stated, which was actually devoid of opinion. My comment was nothing more than a casual observation: where mathematicians use symbols, programmers often type out the name of those symbols.
>>62362458
>hebrew alphabet
>inventing letter-like symbols (nabla)
>obscure
seems about right
but it makes it easier to read
i like it
>>62362501
Good
>>62362683
Are you afflicted by down syndrome?
>>62362617
Delta is for differences if I was paying attention I high school
>>62362445
>programmers: always use descriptive variable names
Nope.
not gonna lie, taking magnetic physics, infinite sequences and series, linear algebra, and signals and systems courses at the same time was a bit of a confusing mess.
>twitter screencap
>x will defend this shit
/pol/ niggers will defend this.
>>62362695
>>62362714
>>62363093
not an argument
>>62362445
Mathematicians deal with concepts far more abstract than programmers do. If anything, this twitter faggot should be picking on physicists.
>>62362445
this is why i dont read math paper
>>62362445
do you think you're special? because you seem special
Programmers: Having their jobs stolen by Poos.
Mathematicians: Having no jobs.