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The comprehension of Prof. Tai's symbolic vector method in vector analysis presented, some problems are found and some suggestions are provided to solve them. Some defenses for Gibbs' symbol have been made as well.
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Communicated by Dai Tianmin
Biography: Sheng Kemin (1937-)
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Kemin, S., Zhenting, X., Jinsheng, T. et al. The comprehension, some problems and suggestions to symbolic vector method and some defenses for Gibbs' symbol. Appl Math Mech 21, 603–606 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459044
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