On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Alex Ghitza <aghi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 05:35:37 +0000, David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> > wrote: >> >> Was there a good reason for choosing the name 'sgn'? It sems a bit >> strange to me. >> > > That's the standard mathematical notation for this function, see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_function
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