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		mamcx on May 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so So, have been any sufficient effort in design a new syntax of maths that could help the regular folk? If we learn new syntax(langs) all the time then push for a new syntax(math) could not be that bad of a idea...

wcarey on May 26, 2020 [–]

There are some gentle efforts in that direction (tau radians for example), but mathematical notation is old (except the parts that are new). And it's really hard to strike the right balance between concision and ambiguity.

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