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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoI would never write -n². Either ‐(n²) or (-n)². Order of operations shouldn’t be some sort of gotcha to trick people into misinterpreting you, it’s the intuitive reading of a well constructed mathematical expression.
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months ago Either ‐(n²) or (-n)². Order of operations shouldn’t be some sort of gotcha to trick people into misinterpreting you It isn’t. With ‐(n²), n² is already a single term, so the brackets aren’t needed.
I would never write -n². Either ‐(n²) or (-n)². Order of operations shouldn’t be some sort of gotcha to trick people into misinterpreting you, it’s the intuitive reading of a well constructed mathematical expression.
It isn’t. With ‐(n²), n² is already a single term, so the brackets aren’t needed.