Timeline for A symbol to denote the set of prime numbers ?
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| Dec 21, 2018 at 19:19 | comment | added | Somatic Custard | Aesthetics for mathematical typesetting have changed and evolved much since the time of Serre. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 11:22 | comment | added | user9072 | unknowngoogle, regarding non-neg. and positive, this might be true for you and your mathematical environment. But, it is certainly not universal! Again, I can point to Iwaniec&Kowalski (and they care a lot about exposition, coventions, choice of symbols); and could point to various other places. Regarding, the bf vs bb: and, Jean-Pierre Serre says (paraphrasing) blackboard bold is for blackboards and not for print; various people agree and adhere to this. Personally I actually like bb as you, but my N does not contain 0. And each of us, is by no means alone. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 10:31 | comment | added | Qfwfq | Seriously; I think the notation $\mathbb{N}$ (or $\mathbf{N}$ for what it matters) really is the (most) standard notation for non-negative integers (I don't recall having seen it used to denote something different from $\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$). For the positive integers I like the notation $\mathbb{N}^+$. | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 10:24 | comment | added | Qfwfq | Just a tangential comment: for me $\mathbf{N}$ is poor man's $\mathbb{N}$ ! ;) | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 2:10 | history | answered | user9072 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |