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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by wischi@programming.dev to c/memes@lemmy.ml

https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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[-] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Entering symbols one by one into a calculator is a fundamentally different process from writing them in a sentence.

Citation needed.

No but seriously, why do you think it necessarily needs to be different? There are calculators that use actual fraction notation and all that

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago

It's not that it needs to be different, it's that it is. The fact that there are calculators with fractional notation is completely irrelevant.

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