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

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History of points with coordinates notation

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Has a digit ever been used to represent the number “10”?

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Usage of postfix notation for quantifiers

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Why is price on the vertical axis and quantity on the horizontal axis?

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Reverse subtraction: has any culture had a symbol (call it $\oplus$) where $A \oplus B$ (read in the same direction as in the language) $:= B - A$?

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Why is there no notation for tetration similar to summation?

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What symbols have been used for “many” (or “a large amount of”) or “a few” (or “a small amount of”) in the history of mathematics or other fields?

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When was the first recorded use of subscript in mathematics to represent index?

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Origin of Q for the set of rational numbers?

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Origin / first use of $\mathbb{Z}$ (blackboard bold Z)?

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What is the origin of “banana brackets”?

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Notation for the “binomial form” of a polynomial

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Writing Mathematical Symbols in 20th century

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