Question: what's the origin of letter n in math...

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Posted by griffith on 2018-June-12 13:57:56 EDT, Tuesday

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...formulae? Is it an abbreviation of some word (maybe numerus) or is it an arbitrarily chosen symbol?

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N is for nudity - Gimwinkle on 2018-June-14 10:59:28 EDT, Thursday - (0 / 0 / 0)
Cangee? (nt) - Eeyore on 2018-June-13 06:54:02 EDT, Wednesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
It might have changed a bit... - Trillion on 2018-June-12 22:41:33 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 5)
- for me - hieronymus on 2018-June-12 22:47:55 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 4)
  - Dolly Parton - Gimwinkle on 2018-June-14 11:03:12 EDT, Thursday - (0 / 0 / 2)
    - but I get up early - hieronymus on 2018-June-18 02:24:35 EDT, Monday - (0 / 0 / 1)
      - Time - Gimwinkle on 2018-June-18 07:52:38 EDT, Monday - (0 / 0 / 0)
  - Quite... - Trillion on 2018-June-12 22:51:14 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
without looking it up... - Tyrone Slothrop on 2018-June-12 15:59:12 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
0,0 - sadlife on 2018-June-12 15:51:23 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
definitive final answer - hieronymus on 2018-June-12 15:28:39 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 2)
- Now - Trillion on 2018-June-12 22:45:12 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- but for this board - hieronymus on 2018-June-12 15:33:44 EDT, Tuesday - (0 / 0 / 0)