The Alice/Bob naming convention has nothing to do with rank; they’re alphabetical by order of first mention. I believe the convention started in contexts where the author is likely to start with prose and switch into math with single-letter names A and B.
The Alice/Bob naming convention has nothing to do with rank; they’re alphabetical by order of first mention. I believe the convention started in contexts where the author is likely to start with prose and switch into math with single-letter names A and B.