Its arbitrary cause there is no RFC about the ah-hoc choices email client softwares have made over the years that have kinda become de facto "standards"
Targeting HTML rendering engines which are email clients.
Fortunately (at least for some of the newer features to be included)
Links to MDN are available, and caniuse both link to we spec). CSS min for example is working draft.
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-values-4/#math-function
With 90% desktop/mobile browser general usage support, 50% email usage support.