LaTeX poll: should i= √(-1) be italicized? That is,$i$ or \text{i}?
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Replying to @InertialObservr
Firm believer in \text{i}. Open to being persuaded otherwise, but I think contextually special quantities should be distinguished from variables and indices.
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Replying to @AndrewHornstra
But isn’t i not distinguishing the variable at all, especially when inline? I’m even willing to bet you think I made a grammatical mistake when you read that the first time.
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Replying to @InertialObservr
I didn't because of context and the prevalence of autocorrect, but that does rely on me being a native speaker of English who is very familiar with capitalization rules, I've just realized. So maybe
$i$ is a better choice. Probably more likely to confuse based on capitalization.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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