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[-] chris@l.roofo.cc 80 points 3 months ago

Whatever LaTeX does by default

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 3 months ago

LaTeX: typically let software decide for me, override if it looks bad.

Paper: Too shit at writing to make a consistent choice

[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 25 points 3 months ago

B. A only when there is little space

[-] hihi24522@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Same, but there is never enough space

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Same. B if I'm feeling fancy, A if I'm trying to fit everything on one line.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 15 points 3 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 22 points 3 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.

[-] featured@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I’ve always called them the bounds of integration but I’ve heard the term limits of integration too

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Also limits. But also "tends towards".

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Better question: Where do you put the dx?

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 6 points 3 months ago

What? Where else would you put it?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Wherever you want it baby

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

Immediately after the integral symbol, before the integrand, is also common: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1146345/notational-position-of-dx-in-integral

It has a nice "operator" look this way.

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago

I would interpret this completely differently than what was intended

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 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

Depends on if the integral is integrated in the text or if it gets its own area

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

Know your limit

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The kerning on Latex integrals has always bothered me. The f(x) could move a LOT further to the left!

[-] Brickardo@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

(a, b) at the bottom. It's a 1d integral, so nothing goes after f as well for me.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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).

Also I do have to do integrals with parameters and multiple variables so I can't really leave out the differential.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 3 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 3 points 3 months ago
[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

+ C: I’m so indefinite, I don’t respect limits.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

A, B takes too much space

[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

a sits on the dooblydoo on the left, b hangs from the dooblydoo on the right.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Whatever latex does for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Depends on if I accidentally wrote the function too large

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

A gang. Does that mean I am old?

[-] jmcr@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 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 1 points 3 months ago

Always A. Except when I’m drunk.

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