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meindnochyesterday at 8:09 AM1 replyview on HN

  (0, 1)
Is this an twice-open interval or a 2D vector?

See, this is why Bourbaki introduced the ]0,1[ notation.


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streetfighter64yesterday at 11:38 AM

Is there any reasonable situation where you'd be confusing a vector with an interval? Having done mathematical writing and grading of tests using both styles of notation (simply adapting to what was used at the institution), I can't say that I ever noticed any practical difference between them.