Greatest and Least Prime Factors

[Jonathan Post]

Mathematician's analysis of failures of "plain English":
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/language/plain.shtml


On 8/30/06, franktaw at netscape.net <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, I agree: it is better to define it before you use it.
>
> It is still a problem, in my opinion, that Lpf is being used for two
> such
> closely related but - in a sense - opposite things.  This is even
> though
> most of the sequences using it (either way) do define it.
>
> As for always spelling it out, this will never apply in formulas.  We
> always define a shorter name, and then use that in the formula.
> The question is, what shorter name should be used?
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arndt at jjj.de
>
> * cino hilliard <hillcino368 at hotmail.com> [Aug 30. 2006 10:35]:
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > [...]
> > Also Gpf is widely used as General Protection Fault in windows
> indicating a
> > crash in your code.
> >
>
> ... and "Gallons Per Flush" at certain places in the USA  8-))
>
>
> Seriously, abbreviations should IMHO be avoided unless either:
> - really common (such as gcd and lcm)
> - defined before use (and only if used at least three times)
>
>
>
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