> and completely free of historic conventions > Prove me wrong please :) Some of the notation goes back centuries [0]. Our current representation of calculus

> and completely free of historic conventions > Prove me wrong please :) Some of the notation goes back centuries [0]. Our current representation of calculus reflects a convention that was hammered out following significant disputes in the early 18th Century. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation#Early_arithmetic_and_multiplication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notati...