Set notation: Difference between revisions

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Some authors use the [[blackboard bold]] font for these particular sets (<math>\mathbb{C}</math>, <math>\mathbb{N}</math>, etc.). This usage is widely accepted in handwriting, but manysome mathematicians, and such experts on mathematical typography as [[Donald Knuth]], advise against its use in print.<ref>Krantz, S., ''Handbook of Typography for the Mathematical Sciences'', Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Florida, 2001, p. 35.</ref>
 
== Focusing on the membership of a set ==