Timeline for Why doesn't logic, math, physics etc have a symbol for "example"?
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 17:04 | comment | added | Akiva Weinberger | E.g. should work. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 16:54 | answer | added | Sean English | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 16:39 | vote | accept | Niklas Rosencrantz | ||
| Mar 31, 2013 at 6:12 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | Well, we have a string of seven symbols for it... | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 4:48 | comment | added | Leo | At least in math, even of a greater importance than examples seem to be counterexamples. I've found quite handy using for them ⚡e in my notes. | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:56 | history | edited | MJD | edited tags | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:39 | comment | added | amWhy | I simply use, e.g., a lot, when writing, e.g. ;-), and introducing examples, here on Math.SE. | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:36 | answer | added | Zev Chonoles | timeline score: 30 | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:32 | comment | added | DanZimm | a little funny (possibly ironical, idk I'm far from 'good' at english) since you used "for example" although you're discussing condensing that phrase to a symbol :P | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:25 | history | asked | Niklas Rosencrantz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |