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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

1/2 <-- not a number. Two numbers and an operator. But also a number.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

In Comp-Sci, operators mean stuff like >>, *, /, + and so on. But in math, an operator is a (possibly symbollic) function, such as a derivative or matrix.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Youre not wrong, distinctively, but even in mathematics "/" is considered an operator.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_(mathematics)

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

oh huh, neat. Always though of those as "operations."

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