why are all thermodynamic properties single letter variables why cant engineers use their words
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Replying to @sigfig
this is a relatively simple equation and yet i will always need to consult a wiki to read it, because dPsubSpic.twitter.com/nnwgb9rWgb
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Replying to @sigfig
why is it so hard to write "work transfer" instead of changing the font on the letter P
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Replying to @sigfig
The reality is that it would be intractable to do that consistently. Good paper formats have nomenclature sections.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
i do not see how single word variables are any more unwieldy than single letter variables, except for language independence
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
tbh i would much rather long relations (especially in stastical mechanics) be broken up into more than one equation
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Replying to @sigfig
As would I, but this is not always really feasible, and in some cases can obscure things. It's trading one abstraction for another.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
i get this but making distinctions by font pushes the current abstraction past its usefulness
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Replying to @sigfig @EmilyGorcenski
it works fine in pure math, the number of symbols is containable, in applied math i can't read shit without reference
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