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Update: after reading the article at http://www.matthewcompher.com/posts/trouble-with-semantics-the-obelus-or-division-symbol-%C3%B7/ http://www.matthewcompher.
by Rust 14y ago
Update: after reading the article at http://www.matthewcompher.com/posts/trouble-with-semantics-the-obelus-or-division-symbol-%C3%B7/ http://www.matthewcompher.com/posts/trouble-with-semantics-t... , the writer used the ÷ as a line operator, not a natural division operation.
I would maintain that since this is not taught in any school I've ever attended, it is at least questionable. I've never seen a math textbook use the / symbol for natural division either.
- falling 14y agoI never knew about the distinction either. But if interpreted that way 6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) should then translate to 6 / (2 * (1 + 2)) = 1 I guess this only reaffirms the fact that the expression is ambiguous.