Re: [office-formula] Parameter naming conventions

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

In cases where we will be explaining
the function semantics by embedding a MathML equation, it makes sense to
have the formulas in their canonical form, which will mean different things
in different fields.  Financial functions will use n, i and p,  for
number of periods, interest and principle, while stats will use á
for significance levels.

That's my thought, but I don't have
a  _strong_  preference either way.

-Rob

"David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
wrote on 09/05/2006 07:02:51 PM:

> Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:
> > The problem is that the formulas look really strange using those
long
> > words in them [instead of Greek letters]. Of course it would
work, but...
> >   
> These are often the harder problems to resolve, because there's no
right 
> or wrong answer.
> It really depends on the audience. All trained mathematicians should
be 
> familiar with
> Greek letters, but some of our readers may not have that familiarity.
> 
> Anyone have a strong feelings one way or another?
> 
> --- David A. Wheeler
>