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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 :)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

No matter how many times I explain that this is a notation for multiplication

It ISN'T a notation for multiplication - it's a notation for a factorised term, and if you ignore The Distributive Law going back the other way then you just broke the factorised term dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110886637077371439

any competent person that has to write out one of these equations will do so in a way that leaves no ambiguity.

This one already does have no ambiguity.