Couldn't you autistic faggots invent a shorter word for

>>8595303
[math]\frac{\partial}{\partial x}[/math]

>>8595309
I use lagrange notation when dealing with functions, and shoving in symbols into a written paragraph looks messy.

>>8595315
>I use lagrange notation when dealing with functions, and shoving in symbols into a written paragraph looks messy.

Why aren't you using latex? Have you ever even read a research paper?

>>8595303
Kids in my calc classes just muttered "diff" or sometimes the idiots would mutter "diffriation".

>>8595303
Because these words stem mostly from Greek or Latin, with our pre- and post fixes -tion

It's not [completely] arbitrary. There's a logic and coherence behind it

>>8595877
Tell me more about it, anon.

>>8595303
No then it wouldn't allow for the eliticism that fuels the desire to study which is in short term inherently not very emotionally rewarding compared to the outdoors activities