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> and completely free of historic conventions

> Prove me wrong please :)

Some of the notation goes back centuries [0]. Our current representation of calculus reflects a convention that was hammered out following significant disputes in the early 18th Century.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notati...



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