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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think rather d/dx is the operator. You apply it to an expression to bind free occurrences of x in that expression. For example, dx²/dx is best understood as d/dx (x²). The notation would be clear if you implement calculus in a program.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If not fraction, why fraction shaped?

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

If you use exterior calculus notation, with d = exterior derivative, everything makes so much more sense

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