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April 27, 2024, 06:17:23 am

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Do you get confused/put off if you see things written the 'wrong' way, for example x5 instead of 5x?

Yes
21 (84%)
No
4 (16%)

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cara.mel

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Non standard notation
« on: October 12, 2008, 09:53:56 pm »
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Refer to poll question :)
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 09:55:31 pm »
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Yes, especially when it's something stupid like and
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 10:08:28 pm »
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 11:03:15 pm »
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It's even worse when they do it on exams to trip people up...
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2008, 11:07:19 pm »
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Quote from: ell on October 12, 2008, 09:55:31 pm
Yes, especially when it's something stupid like and

I remember I lost marks on a test (I was the ONLY person in the grade who did!) because I misread because the vectors were written in a weird way :)
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 11:26:46 pm »
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dang, shouldve voted no to break the flow.
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2008, 01:34:40 am »
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Quote from: ell on October 12, 2008, 09:55:31 pm
Yes, especially when it's something stupid like and

I was not aware there existed "Standard" notation regarding this...
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2008, 07:21:00 am »
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Also I made this poll because my answer is no but a few other people said yes so I was seeing if it's the majority say yes or all say yes.
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2008, 09:56:33 am »
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Quote from: Mao on October 13, 2008, 01:34:40 am
I was not aware there existed "Standard" notation regarding this...

Yeah there isn't, it's just the convention to put the imaginary part of a complex number second.

It's like saying 'vinegar and salt chips', or 'eggs and bacon' :P
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2008, 11:20:37 am »
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Quote from: ell on October 13, 2008, 09:56:33 am
Quote from: Mao on October 13, 2008, 01:34:40 am
I was not aware there existed "Standard" notation regarding this...

Yeah there isn't, it's just the convention to put the imaginary part of a complex number second.

It's like saying 'vinegar and salt chips', or 'eggs and bacon' :P

Ahaha! collocations

I don't know... I always try to avoid having a negative number first up, like -x+2. For some reason I prefer the "2-x" alternative.


there are some things in "non-standard" notation (or rather, convention) that I can accept. but there are some blatantly wrong notations which are just terrible. Such as using "=" where the person means implied, using "therefore" everywhere when it's not even needed, lack of understanding of calculus operators... etc
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2008, 03:56:02 pm »
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yea i agree with the '-' in front thing, i always miss negatives if they're right at the front.
plus negatives at the front just look ugly
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2008, 01:36:55 pm »
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Yep
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2009, 06:51:26 pm »
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i get so pissed when that happens
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Re: Non standard notation
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2009, 07:04:34 pm »
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^ at times i just wanna eat the book... grrrr :@
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