Re: [Math4u] before I leave this group

Hi,
I would request all the members not to leave this
group on petty issues.
Sanjiva

--- Mosaad Alabdullatif <sam362yah@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok, Bodor, you've made a big fuss out of a tiny
> matter.
>
> It is just a convention that purplemath adopts.
>
> However, so many mathematicians do not follow
> that. They follow priority rules others have
> mentioned before. In particular, multiplication and
> division have the same priority, and first come
> first served (excuted). If you feel convinces that
> multiplication sticked to brackets has the priority
> over the preceeding division, that is fine. A person
> is to adopt whatever s/he may like. But we here tell
> the global rule thet most follow.
>
> thanks
>
> mosaad
>
> [Brian's comment: I was planning on letting this
> drop, but I have become middle of the road on this
> subject.
> The first website Bodor came up with is a letter to
> Dr. Math. The website that this letter and Bodor
> refer to does not exist. This letter to Dr. Math is
> the only reference that comes up when I do a web
> search of the AMS convention it refers to.
> The PurpleMath website that Bodor came up with
> supports Bodor's position.
> I found a website that takes a middle of the road
> position.
>
http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/webtexts/numb08.htm
> I found 1 other website on the subject but don't
> remember exactly what it says.
>
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/#Operations
> My conclusion is that this situation is not clear
> and 5 and 17 are both acceptable answers. I would
> change my mind is some authority such as the
> American Mathematical Society or the International
> Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry would issue a
> convention. People who write the equations should
> avoid the ambiguity.]
>
>
> atadricourses <bodor7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A group mut give everybody the right to
> express his point of vue .But here it seems all te
> contrary.
> Before I leave this group I'd like the persons who
> like to improve in the order of operations to take a
> look at :
>

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops2.htm
> Bodor
> atadricourses
>
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