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Simplify (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Assuming both x represent the same number. There's no reason to assume the ellipses should include x-x. Why would alphabetic order be involved at all?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Why would alphabetic order be involved at all?

Because the ... notation effectively means: fill in the blanks. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis#In_mathematical_notation (or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated_binary_operation if you want more...)

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Yes for numbers, which these are not.

[–] SmartmanApps 1 points 4 months ago

Yes for numbers, which these are not

Pronumeral literally means stand-in for a numeral. They are all numbers, we just don't know the value of them.

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