Timeline for Notational change with Integrals
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| Jan 17, 2018 at 23:25 | comment | added | paul garrett | Also, especially in a single variable, or if variables are not "separated", it is both legitimate and efficient to just write $\int f$, or $\int_a^b f$, since the "variable of integration" is just a dummy (and any measure other than the usual Lebesgue measure should have been already specified...) Even in more than one variable, using an arrow disambiguates better: $t\to \int f(t,-)$ is efficient. | |
| Jun 25, 2017 at 15:35 | history | edited | K7PEH | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2017 at 20:08 | vote | accept | K7PEH | ||
| May 5, 2017 at 20:45 | answer | added | user5707 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 5, 2017 at 12:50 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | You find the notation $\int\;dx\;f(x)$ only in physics. Not in mathematics anymore. Those guys use it out of tradition. Some say it is better in some way, but others disagree. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 23:12 | answer | added | user466 | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 18:18 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | It is just a question of convenience, has no deep meaning. Both notations are used. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 17:00 | history | asked | K7PEH | CC BY-SA 3.0 |