eli5: What do you do when you run out of variables?

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you refer to variables like “x” “y” “z” so on so forth, but what happens when you run out? Do you go capital do you use a special symbol or something?

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In general they get recycled and can be context dependant. as an example the greek letter sigma has different uses in structural mechanics, image processing, and sensor data processing. What it means depends on which one your working with.

Using subscripts and superscripts is common as well, especially when the variables are somewhat standardized. These can be other letters, numbers, words or abbreviations and can be chained together.

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