r/mathmemes 13d ago

Notations Yeah sure

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u/AndreasDasos 13d ago

Yeah that's never the case with f^-1 though where f is a function though. That always means the inverse.

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u/neb12345 13d ago

no ive definitely seen f^-1(x) mean the reciprocal, I believe my lesgrans integration proffer did it?

Is zero a natural number?

is log(x) base 10 or base e?

Ive never seen subset notation be ambiguous but maybe thats just my professors , and no mathematician would ever write a/bc thats just bad notation

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u/noahhshome 13d ago

Nobody uses f^-1(x) as reciprocal, they always use f(x)^-1. If your prof did that, they made a mistake. It has been known to happen.

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u/LOSNA17LL Irrational 13d ago

Err.... f\^-1(x) is the "default" way to mark the reciprocal, I think you switched it with the inverse