https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It’s about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it’s worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I’m probably biased because I wrote it :)

  • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱
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    il y a 9 mois

    I don’t agree with the notation of the American Physical Society

    I clicked on the link to see what you were talking about, and the quotes which are used in the blog aren’t in there at all. i.e. I searched the whole document, not just the referenced page, and, for example, the expression “multiplication before division” isn’t in there at all. On the other hand the stuff about not inserting multiplication signs into terms is 100% correct, because you are breaking up one term into two, and dropping the precedence from Terms to Multiplication, which changes the answer.

    • Einar@lemm.ee
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      il y a 9 mois

      Direct quote from the article:

      the American Physical Society state in their Style and Notation Guide on page 21 that they do “multiplication before division”, but you must be careful to not take that out of context