https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

  • wischi@programming.dev
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    10 个月前

    You should read the part about WolframAlpha in the blog.

    https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2Fxy+where+x%3D2%2C+y%3D3

    • 7heo@lemmy.ml
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      10 个月前

      https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2Fx*%28y%29+where+x%3D2%2C+y%3D3

      Heyoooooo

      • wischi@programming.dev
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        10 个月前

        Now you changed it to an explicit multiplication. The ambiguity only comes from the implicit multiplication after a division, that's when the interpretation can be ambiguous. That's what the blog post really is about.