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Quote: development of math notation: variable names, functions, symbol lists, numeric rep, vectors/etc. as entities, quantity vs. representation

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Topic:
history of mathematics
Group:
mathematics
Topic:
abstraction by name

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mathematical notational development: assigning name to variable, value returning function acting on arguments, symbol lists controlling application order, uniform numeric representation, treating vectors/matrices/etc. as entities, treating quantities independent of representation


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