[Reasking, due to poor response. Doesn't anyone care about this? It shouldn't be too hard to get right.]
Searching for symbols within Yahoo!Answers is inconsistent,
here is what you get if you search on various symbols
(some are Alt-codes and some are HTML characters):
Most alt-codes e.g. integral (∫), square-root(√), infinity (∞), (≈) => these all match the word 'and' - useless!?
squared (²) => also matches '2', which makes it useless
Greek letters:
capital Sigma (Σ) => returns both Σ and lower σ , which is meaningless in science (instead of if you were searching for Greek-language, in which case it would be correct).
Similarly θ => θ,Θ
α,β,λ,µ...
Anyone find anything else inconsistent, weird or quirky with any other symbols?
Maybe if we kick up a fuss they might fix this... please contribute...
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2007-06-25
21:27:59
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