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Ternary relations that are not binary functions

Geometry seems like a natural source, e.g., colinearity of three points. Or how about, for three non-colinear points, clockwise(p,q,r) if the path going through p, q, and then r runs clockwise on the …
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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

More Weyl, all Mancosu's translation, all in his fierce days advocating Brouwer's mathematics: Weyl (1921) On the New Foundational Crisis of Mathematics, It must have the effect of a deliverance …
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Periods and commas in mathematical writing

Mathematics is part of a text in the same way that poetry might be part of a literary essay. When citing poetry, a set off (i.e., displayed as a quote) part of a verse almost universally keeps exactl …