Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol
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The dangerous bend symbol was created by the Nicolas Bourbaki group of mathematicians and appears in the margins of mathematics books written by the group. It looks like a street sign that indicates a "dangerous bend" in the road ahead, and is used to mark passages tricky on a first reading or with an especially difficult argument. Others, including computer scientist Donald Knuth, used the symbol in their textbooks.
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