On 11/28/07, Brian E. Jensen <brianejensen@prodigy.net> wrote:
> answer. As Vinaire's method avoids, if you have a plus term that follows a
> negative term, you cannot add the plus term to the negative term or you will
> be subtracting the plus term from the final result instead of adding it to
> the final result. Similarly, if you have two minus terms next to each other,
> you cannot perform the second subtraction first or you will wind up adding
> it to the final result instead of subtracting it from the final result.
It would help the list users if you could elaborate the above text
with some examples.
> consider this a heresy and a threat to western civilization.
I don't think so. Research into anything is always good. I don't think
any research is a heresy or a threat to any civilization. We just get
to learn more that way. After all, we are all here to find out more
about maths! :) It doesn't matter who's coming from where.
--
Best regards,
Asif
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