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Yes, the guy who should mind his own business.
Are you talking about his reference to Lennes' letter? Lennes' letter actually completely contradicts his claim that it ever meant anything different.
Haven't seen that one. Do you have a link?
...a journalist. The article ALSO ignores The Distributive Law and Terms.
Thank you. And also thank you for being the first person to engage in a proper conversation about it here.
I've seen him respond to people who agree with him. People who tell him he's wrong he usually ignores. When he DOES respond to them he simply says "The Distributive Property doesn't apply". We're talking about The Distributive LAW, NOT the Distributive Property. It's called "law" for a reason. i.e. ALWAYS applies. I've only ever seen him completely unwilling to engage in any conversation with anyone who points out he's wrong (contradicting his claim that he "welcomes debate").
Really?? Why's that? I'm genuinely curious.
Me either. As far as I can tell it's just people parroting his misinterpretation of Lennes' letter.
I can't agree with that. Lennes' letter shows the same rules in 1917 as we use now. Cajori says the order of operations rules are at least 400 years old, and I have no reason to suspect they changed at all during that time period either. They're all a natural consequence of the way we have defined the symbols in the first place.
Again, thank you.
If it was written (6÷2)(1+2), absolutely that is the correct thing to do (expanding brackets), but not if it's written 6÷2(1+2). If you mean the latter then I've never seen that - links?