Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: mathlib4
Topic: Gamma capitalization
Violeta Hernández (Jan 26 2026 at 12:46):
I notice that docs#Complex.Gamma, as well as theorems about it, all spell Gamma in uppercase. Does this not go against the naming conventions?
Thomas Browning (Jan 26 2026 at 12:52):
This seems to go all the way back to this discussion: https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib3/pull/12917#pullrequestreview-929584301
Aaron Liu (Jan 26 2026 at 13:00):
I think there's a thing in the naming convention that says about naming files uppercase unless the file is about a specifically lowercased object. This should fall under an analogous exception for naming things.
Violeta Hernández (Jan 26 2026 at 13:01):
I mean, we didn't capitalize docs#Ordinal.gamma even though it refers to the same letter with the same capitalization
Violeta Hernández (Jan 26 2026 at 13:01):
I guess it makes sense to avoid confusing with Euler's γ, though I'd expect that to be called something like eulerGamma or eulerMascheroni anyways.
Aaron Liu (Jan 26 2026 at 13:15):
docs#Real.eulerMascheroniConstant
Aaron Liu (Jan 26 2026 at 13:16):
it's not even in the same namespace
Violeta Hernández (Jan 26 2026 at 13:16):
Aaron Liu said:
it's not even in the same namespace
Aaron Liu (Jan 26 2026 at 13:17):
oh of course yeah why didn't I think of that
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