Re: Sometimes <space> means multiple
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- Subject: [mg75516] Re: Sometimes <space> means multiple
- From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 04:07:39 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200704270918.FAA23598@smc.vnet.net>
On May 3, 3:53 am, J=E1nos <janos.l... at yale.edu> wrote: > Just to be sure I looked up Jen=F6 Erd=F6s selected teachings again at > > http://www.math.klte.hu/~szekely/Jeno11.pdf > > and found no usage of "space" or "asterix" or "star" in any shape or > form there for multiplication. I could see only nothing or the > central point for multiplication. > > So when someone is claiming that the virtuosity of Mathematica to > convert "a b" into "a*b" and vice verse is the best thing after > sliced bread, I am not impressed. > > With the best, > > J=E1nos > P.S. If you can read Hungarian, you will find that the pdf listed > above is one of the finest work a real mathematician ever produced. This is a mild education in mathematical notation for me. It also feeds my odd fascination with the 7-bit ASCII character set. Pointless? Yes. Interesting? Yes. Vince Virgilio