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You are completely correct, of course. At best it's an abuse of notation and perhaps an abuse of idea. But hopefully a fairly readable abuse! I don't know a be
by Tarrosion 12y ago
You are completely correct, of course. At best it's an abuse of notation and perhaps an abuse of idea. But hopefully a fairly readable abuse!
I don't know a better shorthand for "of approximately the same order of magnitude." There's ~, but it also has its problems...if I say "I am ~175cm tall," I am not allowing for the possibility that I am 100cm tall or 500cm tall.
Is there an established convention?
- ksenzee 12y agoI don't know of an established convention. I've heard people just say "within an order of magnitude." This may be a readable abuse to some, but not all; when I saw O(10) I just saw a horizontal line graph in my head and thought "huh?"