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A juggling notation was first proposed by Dave Storer in 1978, while the first juggling diagram (a ladder diagram), by Claude Shannon around 1981, was not printed till 2010, the first printed diagram and second oldest notation are by Jeff Walker in 19
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'''Juggling notation''' is the written depiction of concepts and practices in [[juggling]].<ref name=newsci>{{cite journal|issue=2479 |url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18424792.100 |title= New juggling tricks created by maths |date=December 25, 2004 |first=Erica |last=Klarreich |journal=[[New Scientist]] |accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|accessdate=August 29, 2009|journal=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://www2.bc.edu/~lewbel/jugweb/sciamjug.pdf |date=November 1995 |volume=273 |issue=5 |pages=92–97 |title=The Science of Juggling |first1=Peter J. |last1=Beek |first2=Arthur |last2=Lewbel|doi=10.1038/scientificamerican1195-92}}</ref> [[Toss juggling]] patterns have a reputation for being "easier done than said" – while it might be easy to learn a given maneuver and demonstrate it for others, it is often much harder to communicate the idea accurately using speech or plain text. To circumvent this problem, various numeric or diagram-based notation systems have been developed to facilitate communication of patterns or tricks between jugglers, as well the investigation and discovery of new patterns.
 
A juggling notation was first proposed by Dave Storer in 1978, while the first juggling diagram (a ladder diagram), by [[Claude Shannon]] around 1981, was not printed till 2010, the first printed diagram and second oldest notation are by Jeff Walker in 1982.<ref name="Lewbel">Lewbel, Arthur (1996). "[http://www.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/49-2/v49no2-page%2057.htm The Academic Juggler: The Invention Of Juggling Notations]", ''Juggle.org''.</ref>
 
==Diagram-based==