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We always referred to them as super/sub-scripts. So like xₙ is read “x sub n” Upstairs/downstairs is kinda cute tho xD
by flufluflufluffy 1y ago
We always referred to them as super/sub-scripts. So like xₙ is read “x sub n”
Upstairs/downstairs is kinda cute tho xD
- mcabbott 1y agoCovariant and contravariant indices would be the formal terms. I'm not really sure whether I've seen "upstairs" written down. Sub/superscript... strike me as the typographical terms, not the meaning? Like $x_\mathrm{alice}$ is certainly a subscript, and footnote 2 is a superscript, but neither is an index.