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Was English mathematics behind Europe by many years because of Newton's notation?

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Notation for Christoffel symbols

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Why $x_a$ (or $x_o$) and not $a_x$? (conventions for algebraic quantities)

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Earliest drawings of the plots of trigonometric functions

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Who invented the Leibnitz notation $\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}$ for the second derivative?

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$\frac{dy}{dx}$ versus $\frac{{\mathrm d}y}{{\mathrm d}x}$

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When and why did $\frac{dy}{dx}$ become $\frac{d}{dx}y$?

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Historical occurrences of mathematicians substituting terms for $x$ in the denominator of $\mathrm{d}y/\mathrm{d}x$?

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Why is the Digamma function always denoted with the letter “psi”?

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What does the “G” for the similitude groups stand for?

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Why did Cantor (and others) use $\mathfrak{c}$ for the continuum?

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Notation $n=efr$ in algebraic number theory

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Where does the letter S in “$S$-units” and in localization $S^{-1} R$ come from?

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Who first defined the “equal-delta” or “delta over equal” ($\triangleq$) symbol?

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