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SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

until the ambiguity is removed

There isn’t any ambiguity.

all those answers are correct

No, only 1 answer is correct, and all the others are wrong.

Until the author gives me clarity then that sentence has multiple meanings. With math

Maths isn’t English and doesn’t have multiple meanings. It has rules. Obey the rules and you always get the right answer.

it doesn’t click for people that the equation is incomplete.

It isn’t incomplete.

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Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Can you explain how that is? Like with an example?

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- SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  Can you explain how that is? Like with an example?
  
  I’m not sure what you’re asking about. Explain what with an example?
  
  Math is exactly like English. It’s a language
  
  No it isn’t. It’s a tool for calculating things, with syntax rules. We even have rules around how to say it when speaking.
  
  It’s an abstraction to describe something
  
  And that something is the Laws of the Universe. 1+1=2, F=ma, etc.
  
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  Hell the word statement is used in math and English for a reason
  
  You won’t find the word “statement” used in Maths textbooks. I’m guessing you’re referring to Expressions.
  
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  - Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Those rules are based on axioms which are used to create statements which are used within proofs. As far as I know statements are pretty common and are a foundational part of all math.
    
    Defining math as a language though is also going to be pointless here. It’s not really a yes or no thing. I’ll say it is a language but sure it’s arguable.
    
    And again laws are created using statements. I have plenty of textbooks that contain “statements”
    
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    SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Those rules are based on axioms
    
    Nope! The order of operations rules come from the proof of the definitions in the first place. 3x4=3+3+3+3 by definition, therefore if you don’t do the multiplication first in 2+3x4 you get a wrong answer (having changed the multiplicand).
    
    As far as I know statements are pretty common
    
    And yet you’ve not been able to quote a Maths textbook using that word.
    
    are a foundational part of all math
    
    Expressions are.
    
    It’s not really a yes or no thing
    
    It’s really a no thing.
    
    And again laws are created using statements
    
    Not the Laws of Maths. e.g. The Distributive Law is expressed with the identity a(b+c)=(ab+ac). An identity is a special type of equation. We have…
    
    Numerals
    
    Pronumerals
    
    Expressions
    
    Equations (or Formula)
    
    Identities
    
    No statements. Everything is precisely defined in Maths, everything has one meaning only.
    
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