[Phys-L] Re: unfamiliar notation

["Spagna Jr., George" <gspagna@RMC.EDU>]

John Denker responded:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Denker [mailto:jsd@AV8N.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:09 PM

>  a) Authors should define their notation and terminology
>   (unless it is reeeeally standard, and maybe even then).

I agree 100% -

>  b) Without detracting from item (a), if you're talking
>   about a web document

This was not a web document, rather a pdf file scanned from a paper
journal.  I had requested the paper through interlibrary loan.  For
context, I had been asked by a colleague if a particular paper he had
seen referenced in a non-refereed publication was legit or bogus.

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