At 01:13 PM 7/2/99 -0700, Akerbeltz Alba wrote:
>In Germany, a vector (in mathematics) can be either written as a latin
>letter with a superscript arrow, or alternatively, with a 'german letter'
>(see attachments).
Yes. That was part of my training too, but usually, the handwritten
(Sütterlin) forms were used for writing vector variables by hand. In print,
Fraktur was used. I am not aware of a systematic distinction between both
forms, the same way a 'script' form is distinct from a 'roman' form.
A./
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