I misunderstand so many questions because I misread what the asker meant. E.g. sometimes 8y4 means 32y and other times the asker means 8y^4. Is there a way we can standardize the notation for this part of the site. Is it even desirable?
Because questions seem to hide after 2 or 3 answers, while the question is active, I'm going to put its address into the references part of questions I answer (and only questions I answer). If you are interested in this perhaps you could too
Suggest
+ means addition
- means subtraction
concatination (e.g ab) or * for multipication
^ means raise to a power
() and [ ] to set off terms for clarity
sqr or ^(1/2) for square root
log for log base 10, loga for log base a , ln for natural log.
Any ideas or additions?
I intend to submit the resolved question to the suggestions forum only if the general feeling is that it will help.
2007-05-26
16:32:51
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davec996
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Mathematics