Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Etymology of mathematical notation

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The result of the debate was delete. -- ( drini's page ☎ ) 11:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology of mathematical notation

Original research that isn't relevant to the title.

• Delete. Gazpacho 08:12, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom abakharev 11:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom JPD (talk) 12:03, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. A potentially interesting subject, but what's there ain't it. Smerdis of Tlön 15:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Quære: is "etymology" the word we want here? Is there a corresponding word for the history of symbols? Alphabetic characters might be the most obvious example; in one sense the Arabic alphabet is "cognate" with the Roman alphabet, because they both derive remotely from the same Phoenician source. But is there a separate name for the sort of historical research that draws these family trees? Smerdis of Tlön 01:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — Agree with Smerdis. — RJH 20:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.