> Try: http://www.karlscalculus.org/notation.html
Hmm, I don't understand the problem. I would use LaTeX and then use
LaTeX2HTML conversion tool to get mathematical texts on the web. What is
this web page about?

Florian

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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:21:19 -0500, Shay wrote:
> Thanks for the help, guys. What does it mean when it has numbers above and
> or below it?

It means it's dead complicated so just skip over to the next question. 

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(l/I)}}sphere{<i-i,l-l,(I/l)>l/l pigment{rgb((I/l)/I)}finish{reflection((
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> 1
> (theta) A
> 50
Theta? Sigma! :)

cu!
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camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf

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Tom Melly <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote:
> 1
> (theta) A
> 50

> means the sum of A[1] to A[50]

  Eh, no. It would be:

50
(Sigma) A[n]
n=1

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Florian Pesth wrote:
> 
> > __________
> > \
> >  \
> >   \
> >    \
> >    /
> >   /
> >  /
> > /_________
> Big Sigma

Big ASCII-art Sigma

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>> Newsflash - MS fail to break standard....
> :) MS didn't invent mathematics.

MS din't invent...
HTML
Word processing
Programing
Operational systems
Black magic
Software

But they still managed to break standarts in a few of these and claim they 
invented thhe rest (-;

MS did invent...
Visual basic
BSOD

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> Oh, btw for a product you use a big pi:
No, no, no... you use a big pi when you want to see someone with cream all
over their face!  ;-)

- Kevin R.

"Florian Pesth" <fpe### [at] webde> wrote in message
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> > > Sum? (well, that's what it does in Excel) - iirc it's called sigma.
> > ;-) not only in Excel
> Oh, btw for a product you use a big pi:
>
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>  |  |
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;)

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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:56:53 -0500, Kevin R. wrote:

> ------
>  |  |
>  |  |
>  |  |

Anyone for cricket?

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<50,-2,50>pigment{checker/*\__\\__/  * \_\\__*/scale 2}finish{ambient.7}}
light_source/*__\\__\\__\\__\\__\(    ~ )\__\\__\\__\\__\\*/{<2,5,1>*4,1} 
/*\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\~  -/__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\*//* Steve */

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It called Sigma and using it means to sum the numbers between (inclusive)
the top and bottom number. Often one of the number is "n" which is just a
generic variable. Using it is typically called Sigma Notation and is often
used in series calculations.

"Shay" <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure if this is off topic or not, but any help would be
appreciated.
>
> __________
> \
>  \
>   \
>    \
>    /
>   /
>  /
> /_________
>
> Thank you,
>  -Shay
>
>
>

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