Talk:Exponent

Cross vs. dot

Is there a special cause for using $5\times 5$ instead of $5\cdot 5$ ? Alexander Wiebel 15:10, 3 July 2008 (CDT)

Is there a special cause for using $5\cdot 5$ instead of $5\times 5$? As the variable "x" does not yet appear on the page, I don't see a cause for confusion. On the other hand, $\times$ appears as more substantial and visible than $\cdot$

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)