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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·16 hours agoMath should be taught with postix or reverse Polish notation. It removes this ambiguity as the order of operations is left to right.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoBut it’s not so great for polynomials and other more complicated expressions which you’re not just evaluating, but rather manipulating algebraically: 3 y × 3 ^ 4 y × 2 ^ + -2 y × + 3 +
Math should be taught with postix or reverse Polish notation. It removes this ambiguity as the order of operations is left to right.
But it’s not so great for polynomials and other more complicated expressions which you’re not just evaluating, but rather manipulating algebraically:
3 y × 3 ^ 4 y × 2 ^ + -2 y × + 3 +