Questions tagged [pronunciation]

This question is about pronunciation of variables with a subindex such as $P_i$. In this Stanford video lecture on statistical mechanics $P_i$ is pronounced " Pees of i" and $E_i$ is pronounced "Ees of i". Is this pronunciation standard in the US?…

I am reading computer science texts, which tend to include a lot of summations and set logic. In set logic, formulas commonly use a capitalized variable to reference a whole set, i.e. $\Omega$, and a lowercase variable to represent a given member,…