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SmartmanApps@programming.dev 16 hours agoCan 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.
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.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 16 hours 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”
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 15 hours ago
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).
And yet you’ve not been able to quote a Maths textbook using that word.
Expressions are.
It’s really a no thing.
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.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
What is this answer
X^2=4
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 14 hours ago
Yes it is.
Left to right is a convention. Left Associativity is a hard rule. Left to right is a convention which obeys the rule of Left Associativity.
It’s something that is a natural consequence of the definitions of the operators in the first place. As soon as Multiplication was defined in terms of Addition, that guaranteed we would always have to do Multiplication before Addition to get right answers.
Yes it is! All of Maths is universally true! 😂
You know that’s no longer order of operations problem, right?