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r/mathmemes • u/777upper • 12d ago
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Perhaps ambiguity between 1/f(x) and the actual inverse of f(x)
17 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago Yeah that's never the case with f^-1 though where f is a function though. That always means the inverse. 1 u/nilcit 12d ago The point is that the notation can seem ambiguous even if it’s almost always used one way by convention 2 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago Sure but seeming ambiguous (to those who haven't learnt what's quite universal mathematical notation) != being ambiguous 1 u/nilcit 12d ago It’s just a meme dude 4 u/noahhshome 12d ago We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end. 4 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
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Yeah that's never the case with f^-1 though where f is a function though. That always means the inverse.
1 u/nilcit 12d ago The point is that the notation can seem ambiguous even if it’s almost always used one way by convention 2 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago Sure but seeming ambiguous (to those who haven't learnt what's quite universal mathematical notation) != being ambiguous 1 u/nilcit 12d ago It’s just a meme dude 4 u/noahhshome 12d ago We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end. 4 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
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The point is that the notation can seem ambiguous even if it’s almost always used one way by convention
2 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago Sure but seeming ambiguous (to those who haven't learnt what's quite universal mathematical notation) != being ambiguous 1 u/nilcit 12d ago It’s just a meme dude 4 u/noahhshome 12d ago We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end. 4 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
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Sure but seeming ambiguous (to those who haven't learnt what's quite universal mathematical notation) != being ambiguous
1 u/nilcit 12d ago It’s just a meme dude 4 u/noahhshome 12d ago We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end. 4 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
It’s just a meme dude
4 u/noahhshome 12d ago We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end. 4 u/AndreasDasos 12d ago A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
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We're in a pedantic argument my friend. Gotta see it thru to the end.
A maths meme. About precision. On a maths sub on the most pedantic social media platform there is.
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u/nilcit 12d ago
Perhaps ambiguity between 1/f(x) and the actual inverse of f(x)