Timeline for Why do mathematicians call ~ 'twiddle'?
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| Dec 4, 2018 at 6:07 | comment | added | Sándor Kovács | I think that the question is exactly that why is it that the word "twiddle" is used for the diacritical mark "tilde" over a letter as in saying "ay twiddle" for $\tilde a$. It is possible that this usage is restricted to mathematics (as in the question). The fact that they are not the same is the underlying reason for the question. | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 13:05 | history | answered | Carl Witthoft | CC BY-SA 4.0 |