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Posted by Trillion on 2018-June-12 22:41:33 EDT, Tuesday

In reply to Question: what's the origin of letter n in math... posted by griffith on 2018-June-12 13:57:56 EDT, Tuesday

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But it was originally shorthand, if you like, for 'number' where the number (or, if you're getting technical, integer if a whole number) couldn't be specified, i.e. it was a variable.

Hope that helps!

TTFN,

Trillion

PS Great to speak with you Griff!

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