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What is this "order of operation" cult now with math?
04-08-2021, 05:34 PM
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RE: What is this "order of operation" cult now with math?
Hello!

(04-08-2021 05:16 PM)Ren Wrote:  I've thought of mathematics as an "exact" science.

It is an exact science as long as unambiguous notation is used. Examples like this one help to uncover the few remaining ambiguities. If people learn from it...

If you write down the equations required to land a rover on Mars then don't be shy to use some extra parentheses. Maybe the equation does not look as pretty as it could, but who really cares?

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