PSA to all math professors

Flee · September 21, 2016, 06:40:04 AM

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Verbatim · September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 06:40:04 AM

>not curving your t's in the current year.

i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication

i'm willing to slash my zeroes and cross my z's

but curving my t's? that's going one step too far

challengerX · September 21, 2016, 07:01:08 AM

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Flee · September 21, 2016, 07:05:14 AM

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BaconShelf · September 21, 2016, 07:26:24 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:05:14 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication
Is this something odd in the US? Over here it's standard and taught that way since you're like 10.

I've never encountered that in England.

Flee · September 21, 2016, 07:27:13 AM

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big dog · September 21, 2016, 07:28:44 AM

>not using dots for multiplication

big dog · September 21, 2016, 07:29:59 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:27:13 AM

Quote from: BaconShelf on September 21, 2016, 07:26:24 AM
Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:05:14 AM
Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication
Is this something odd in the US? Over here it's standard and taught that way since you're like 10.

I've never encountered that in England.
Dots instead of X's for multiplication, you mean?

It's more common from A-Level onwards, you don't really see dots being used before that.

BaconShelf · September 21, 2016, 07:30:03 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:27:13 AM

Quote from: BaconShelf on September 21, 2016, 07:26:24 AM
Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:05:14 AM
Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication
Is this something odd in the US? Over here it's standard and taught that way since you're like 10.

I've never encountered that in England.
Dots instead of X's for multiplication, you mean?

Yep. Outside of scientific (A-Level physics I did) and computing stuff (code and such), I've never used * for multiplication in writing.

Oh, rampancy beat me to it.

BaconShelf · September 21, 2016, 07:31:43 AM

Even when I did physics I still used X. We used the curly x when it was in a question as a variable.

challengerX · September 21, 2016, 07:34:37 AM

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Batch · September 21, 2016, 07:36:10 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 06:40:04 AM
>not curving your t's in the current year.
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication

Sounds like a US school to me.

big dog · September 21, 2016, 07:36:11 AM

Well I mean the US does still use the fucking imperial system so trusting them with anything maths or science related is pretty risky.

Flee · September 21, 2016, 08:22:15 AM

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challengerX · September 21, 2016, 08:32:39 AM

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More Than Mortal · September 21, 2016, 08:45:53 AM

Quote from: Remember The 290,000 on September 20, 2016, 07:49:19 PM

Just write it uppercase you autist

>changing the letter case of a variable

Literally kill yourself.

mojo · September 21, 2016, 10:30:35 AM

Quote from: Tyger on September 20, 2016, 04:07:20 PM

Why the fuck don't we just use x, y and z every time if it's just an arbitrary problem

I had a cunt actually use a and α in the same problem

so? theyre different characters

big sponge · September 21, 2016, 01:16:51 PM

Quote from: Fedorekd on September 21, 2016, 07:36:11 AM

Well I mean the US does still use the fucking imperial system so trusting them with anything maths or science related is pretty risky.

the US uses both imperial and metric

big sponge · September 21, 2016, 01:17:49 PM

Quote from: Batch on September 21, 2016, 07:36:10 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 06:40:04 AM
>not curving your t's in the current year.
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication

Sounds like a US school to me.

Are you saying that Australia continues to use the X outside of primary school?

Ender · September 21, 2016, 03:20:32 PM

Quote from: Flee on September 21, 2016, 07:05:14 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 21, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
i'm willing to use bullets instead of x's for multiplication
Is this something odd in the US? Over here it's standard and taught that way since you're like 10.

yeah it's standard, idk what verby's doin

Tyger · September 21, 2016, 04:06:29 PM

Quote from: Dr Torso Vong Boy on September 21, 2016, 10:30:35 AM

Quote from: Tyger on September 20, 2016, 04:07:20 PM
Why the fuck don't we just use x, y and z every time if it's just an arbitrary problem

I had a cunt actually use a and α in the same problem
so? theyre different characters

If you write "a" you're a huge faggot