I looked at my notes and more correctly it was Bob Coecke and Samson
Abramsky that developed this new notation.

Ken 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Lloyd
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 9:03 AM
> To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] AMS Notices: A Special Issue on Formal Proof
> 
> Interesting quote, indeed.
> 
> I personally find it challenging to keep up with new 
> mathematical notations.
> "With every new mathematical concept comes its own new 
> mathematical notation." I can't remember who said it, but I 
> find it true. I can't quite decided whether it's the new 
> notation, or the new concepts that cause me fits. 
> 
> Example, see Samson Abramsky's (Oxford Quantum Computing) 
> extension of Feynmann diagrams into a new "graphical calculus". 
> 
> So I suppose I ask: "Which mathematical notations are 
> destined for history's dust bin?"
> 
> Ken
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm
> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:35 PM
> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] AMS Notices: A Special Issue on Formal Proof
> > 
> > nice quote
> > 
> > > "Is current mathematical notation today's roman numerals, a
> > syntax we
> > > have to leave behind or enhance to integrate with algorithms or 
> > > "scripts""
> >  
> > 
> > -J.
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