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someone teach them LaTeX (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A microblog post by @kareem_carr saying "as soon as i saw they were using asterisks for multiplication symbols, i knew we were in trouble", with an image from the "Office of the United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)" showing the mathematical formula $\Delta \tau_i = \frac{x_i - m_i}{\varepsilon * \varphi * m_i}$. The formula show asterisks (*) instead of multiplication signs (×).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There really isn't any. It's just a huge nitpick. * is commonly used for multiplication, especially in online contexts in order to avoid confusing multiplication with the letter x when wider symbols aren't available.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

no one who would have any experience in the field would write it like that.

it's just a sign that the people who did it have no idea what they are doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

it's just a sign that the people who did it have no idea what they are doing.

We're in no shortage of those signs