Talk:Big Omega function

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Big Omega function that is refered has nothing todo with Assym Note.

Please understand. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DYLAN LENNON (talk • contribs) .

Dylan is saying that there are three pages referring to big Omega function and they are talking about a number theoretic function which has nothing to do with the Ω notation explained in asymptotic notation. I think this argument is a bit disingenious, as these three links were added by Dylan himself a few days ago. Anyway, to nominate a redirect for deletion, you need to put {{rfd}} on them and list it on Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion.

Be this as it may, I think a better solution would be to mention both uses here. The asymptotic meaning of Ω is used in practice, and internal links are not the only way to arrive at this page. So I started writing a disambiguation page. Feel free to expand on either of the meanings. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 23:06, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The creation of this page has raised an important issue as to how mathematical information is organized in WP. The phrase "big omega" is very well-established for the asymptotic function, but I see little evidence that the number theoretic function is often referred to in this way - people can normally say "omega" with no ambiguity. As far as I know, there are no other articles called "Big Gamma function" or similar, and it is difficult to imagine anyone typing in "Big Omega function" when looking for a definition. I think, to be consistent, any article about the number theoretic function should have a different name.

An interesting point raised is what should be the best co-ordinated strategy to allow people to look up a strange greek symbol used in some mathematics and find out if it has a well-established meaning. Pages such as Greek letters used in mathematics, List of letters used in mathematics and science and List of mathematical functions are rather incomplete at present, and not likely to be found in a particular search. Perhaps there is room for a page Omega (mathematics) and 23 other similar ones, each linked from the page for the appropriate greek letter, and doing a more complete job of specialized disambiguation? Elroch 18:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It might actually make the most sense to have this defintion mentioned on the article Prime, a long with the average and normal order of the function. JoshuaZ 18:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]