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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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[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You probably missed the part where the article talks about university level math, and that strong juxtaposition is common there.

I also think that many conventions are bad, but once they exist, their badness doesn't make them stop being used and relied on by a lot of people.

I don't have any skin in the game as I never ran into ambiguity. My university professors simply always used fractions, therefore completely getting rid of any possible ambiguity.

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev -2 points 9 months ago

You probably missed the part where the article talks about university level math,

This is high school level Maths. It's not taught at university.

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