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Timeline for Standard notation reference

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Jul 11, 2012 at 7:54 comment added Arnold Neumaier @NickKidman: Actually, the modern mathematical notation was mostly coined by Peano (e.g., element of sign) and Gibbs (e.g., cross product). - The Wikipedia article has many useful additional links at the bottom.
Jul 11, 2012 at 7:51 comment added Nikolaj-K I happens from time to time that people ask me these kind of history questions. I'd usually say "It was probably Bourbaki", but now I can go ignorat and just post the link, adding "Oh, and tell me once you've found out!".
Jul 11, 2012 at 7:47 comment added Arnold Neumaier @NickKidman: I added a second one.
Jul 11, 2012 at 7:47 history edited Arnold Neumaier CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 11, 2012 at 7:44 comment added Nikolaj-K Thanks. (I accepted an answer shortly before this post, even if it's equally interesting.) The history link is interesting too.
Jul 11, 2012 at 7:33 history answered Arnold Neumaier CC BY-SA 3.0