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Re: Binary Relations, draft 1
- To: Chris Rowley <C.A.Rowley@open.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: Binary Relations, draft 1
- From: Hans Aberg <haberg@matematik.su.se>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:26:39 +0100
- Cc: math-font-discuss@cogs.susx.ac.uk
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At 16:46 +0000 1998/11/19, Chris Rowley wrote:
>I was contrasting "Aberg's extrapolation" with Y&Y's, which was:
>
> I think the reason (if any) to make the distinction of setting these upright
> is that they are mulitletter combinations rather than that they are
>functions.
> This helps distinquish `sin' from the product of s, i, and n.
Which does not work out in contemporary mathematics, because there are
typeset both upright and slanted/italics multiletter and single letter math
names.
>He also pointed out, very wisely, that this discussion has rambled far
>too far from anything relevant to taco's work or even to the Unicode
>submission.
So here is a chance for you to lead the way... :-)
Hans Aberg
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