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Math is not a democracy (lemmy.world)

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In mathematics and computer programming, the order of operations is a collection of conventions about which arithmetic operations to perform first in order to evaluate a given mathematical expression.

The order of operations is part of arithmetic. Although, the memes about it are certainly not good mathematics communication.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

There's a useful distinction to be made. The order of operations is different between conventional written maths, calculators, reverse polish notation, python, etc. In contrast there is no disagreement over what the result of any individual binary operations is