Gauss also famously complained that sin² x should mean sin sin x and not (sin x)²
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I agree with his complaint whole-heartedly.
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Oh yeah, just in case, it's from this video *about* notationhttps://youtu.be/sULa9Lc4pck
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Not his greatest work
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i actually like this notation, i hate having to specify sin(θ)+y with parens but sin θ + y is ambiguous
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The middle one could easily be confused for 'square root of theta'.
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With my chicken scratch handwriting? 100%
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This notation is just more confusing. Signa, Gamma and Tau are used a lot in physics and this could bring more confusion. Moreover sin() and cos() are written as function, like f(x) or f(x, y, z). They are simply more familiar
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They aren't always written with the parentheses though
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