alright just for fun: AMA but only about math, will attempt to speed-explain stuff with as few symbols and equations as possible and see what happens
(esp happy to field questions about stuff that seems basic to you and that you feel like you should've gotten a long time ago!)
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How do new notations become introduced and widely understood?
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idk man i figure someone influential uses them in a big important paper and then other people adopt them when they're working on the stuff relevant to the big important paper? you may enjoy browsing this site:
jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html