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When was the symbol "U" first used to denote voltage or electric potential difference?

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Could a "field" have non-commutative multiplication originally?

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Origin of quasi-compactness

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Other mathematical objects/topics that were named by a vote?

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Kinetic energy formula written as mv^2

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