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Originally Posted by CaptainBlack Yes, but in this context who is the "we" you refer to?
That is what area of study uses this notation (I ask because it is not used
in any thing I have studies in this way).
RonL |
i've seen that notation before. it is from vector calculus, and you see it even in calc 3. in general we can use

to represent a vector with

components. if the components are functions, as opposed to just numbers, we obtain a vector field, that is, a function that assigns an nth dimensional vector to each point