Timeline for Notation for $\log \log \cdots \log n$?
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| Apr 11, 2015 at 1:00 | comment | added | Vesselin Dimitrov | The slightly different notation $\log^{[n]}{X}$, which avoids clearly the conflict with derivatives, was my immediate reaction to the title of this question. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 14:01 | comment | added | M.G. | True. However, if it comes to the $n$th derivative of $\log$, the context is usually such that it's more preferable to use differential operator notation instead, or the simple explicit expression for it. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 13:48 | comment | added | Benoît Kloeckner | There is room for confusion for the $n$th derivative of the $\log$ function, though. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 13:03 | history | answered | M.G. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |