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Writing 'n' instead of 'and' when discussing mathematics is generally a very bad idea. Your example is a good one, but your use of abbreviations in your writing is horrid.

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I think you're right in this case. Alright I'll edit if I still can. I don't use any variables anyway in my post.

EDIT: alright I fixed all the single letter abbreviations.

almost:

> Then underneath each number write down the difference between that number n the one before it

True. Too late to edit. Yeah that is confusing, guess I gotta write differently when discussing that. I just shave characters for character counts, which are often a problem particularly on Twitter. It's not because I don't like typing out the whole word, I generally refrain from that sort of abbreviation. It is also stylistically unique--I use a unique style for the same reason as, and vindicating, Auguste Rodin who faced problems due to his statues being too literal.

I don’t follow the Rodin reasoning — was he actually critiqued for being too literal? I thought he was fairly unconventional when everyone else was literal. Maybe that’s what you’re referring to? His ‘fragmented’ style?

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