Mathematical functions in
Mathematica are given names according to definite rules. As with most
Mathematica functions, the names are usually complete English words, fully spelled out. For a few very common functions,
Mathematica uses the traditional abbreviations. Thus the modulo function, for example, is
Mod, not
.
Mathematical functions that are usually referred to by a person's name have names in
Mathematica of the form
PersonSymbol. Thus, for example, the Legendre polynomials
are denoted
LegendreP
. Although this convention does lead to longer function names, it avoids any ambiguity or confusion.
When the standard notation for a mathematical function involves both subscripts and superscripts, the subscripts are given
before the superscripts in the
Mathematica form. Thus, for example, the associated Legendre polynomials
are denoted
LegendreP
.
