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https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A couple of edits (not trying to be rude but people sent to your article are going to be pedantic)

*current beliefs

This sentence needs editing: "They even split the category into two and the make a distinction between implicit multiplication with variables other implicit multiplications."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for reading the post, and thanks for pointing that out. Should be fixed and live in the next few minutes.

Update: Also fixed that sentence. Thank you so much.