Equation 1 · Part 2 · Humanity Has Always Been a Human–Technology System
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
A minimal cultural-selection model can represent the frequency of a variant i as
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [1] Cultural learning ↗
- [3] The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation ↗
- [2] How culture shaped the human genome: bringing genetics and the human sciences together ↗
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