LaTeX: typically let software decide for me, override if it looks bad.
Paper: Too shit at writing to make a consistent choice
a or b
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PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 5 months ago
B. A only when there is little space
hihi24522@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Same, but there is never enough space
smeg@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Same. B if I’m feeling fancy, A if I’m trying to fit everything on one line.
Tja@programming.dev 5 months ago
Are those called limits in English? How do you call those things then?
lim x->0 1/x
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
For integrals, we would say that “b and a are the limits of integration”.
The notation “lim x->0 1/x” would be read as “the limit of 1 over x as x goes to zero.” In general, “lim” is short for “limit” of whatever follows it, with respect to what is below the “lim” symbol. Rarely, I have also seen the notation “l.i.m.” used for the limit in mean, i.e. the limit with respect to the L^2 norm.
Venator@lemmy.nz 5 months ago
Also limits.
featured@lemmygrad.ml 5 months ago
I’ve always called them the bounds of integration but I’ve heard the term limits of integration too
howrar@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Better question: Where do you put the dx?
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 5 months ago
What? Where else would you put it?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wherever you want it baby
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 months ago
Immediately after the integral symbol, before the integrand, is also common: math.stackexchange.com/…/notational-position-of-d…
It has a nice “operator” look this way.
Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
A fits on paper much better than B, especially when you try to write as small as possible to fit all of your work on one line
Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 5 months ago
Depends on if the integral is integrated in the text or if it gets its own area
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The kerning on Latex integrals has always bothered me. The f(x) could move a LOT further to the left!
Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Out of these? I’m team Blue.
But really, I’m team Green. b goes more or less in the place Red shows it (or maybe halfway between where Red and Blue show it), but a goes to the left of the integration symbol, mirroring where the b goes relative to the curve at the end of the ∫
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Comrade!
lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Know your limit
Brickardo@feddit.nl 5 months ago
(a, b)
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Best answer, although I work with delta “functions” a lot so I actually have to be careful picking which interval with boundary {a,b} to pick (for example, if I integrated δ(t-a)+δ(t-b) over all t in (a,b), I’d get 0, but if I integrated those deltas over (a,b] I’d get 1, and integrating over [a,b] would give 2).
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A, B takes too much space
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
a sits on the dooblydoo on the left, b hangs from the dooblydoo on the right.
model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m so indefinite, I don’t respect limits.
hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 months ago
Whatever latex does for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Depends on if I accidentally wrote the function too large
jmcr@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
ConTeXt has some nice new features: www.pragma-ade.com/…/mathincontext-screen.pdf#pag…
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
A gang. Does that mean I am old?
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If a and b are simply numbers or variables (ex. 1, 2π, x), either, maybe red.
If a or b is a function (ex. (x + y), (1/N), (z - r²)), then blue.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Always A. Except when I’m drunk.
chris@l.roofo.cc 5 months ago
Whatever LaTeX does by default