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Is there a special cause for using <math>5\times 5</math> instead of <math>5 \cdot 5</math> ? [[User:Alexander Wiebel|Alexander Wiebel]] 15:10, 3 July 2008 (CDT) | Is there a special cause for using <math>5\times 5</math> instead of <math>5 \cdot 5</math> ? [[User:Alexander Wiebel|Alexander Wiebel]] 15:10, 3 July 2008 (CDT) | ||
: Is there a special cause for using <math>5 \cdot 5</math> instead of <math>5 \times 5</math>? As the variable "x" does not yet appear on the page, I don't see a cause for confusion. On the other hand, <math>\times</math> appears as more substantial and visible than <math>\cdot</math> | |||
== Maturity of the definition == | == Maturity of the definition == | ||
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Cross vs. dot
Is there a special cause for using instead of ? Alexander Wiebel 15:10, 3 July 2008 (CDT)
- Is there a special cause for using instead of ? As the variable "x" does not yet appear on the page, I don't see a cause for confusion. On the other hand, appears as more substantial and visible than
Maturity of the definition
At the request of a fellow Citizen, I am rewording the first sentence to sound more sophisticated -- I agree with him that the present version sounds like it is geared towards a child, rather than an undergraduate. ...said Barry R. Smith (talk) 14:24, October 26, 2008
- I agree most emphatically with Barry's rewording. Milton Beychok 23:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)