Sniffnoy comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: RobinZ 11 March 2010 05:25PM

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Comment author: Sniffnoy 14 March 2010 08:48:45AM 0 points [-]

Hm, I've generally just seen omega for zeta_3.

Comment author: wnoise 14 March 2010 09:08:10AM 0 points [-]

I've certainly used it for that -- but I pattern it with dropping the subscript n, when it is clear when there is only one particular root of unity we're basing off of. I've never ever seen zeta used.