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There should be some explanation at the first point in the book where it is introduced. Or, is there some kind of glossary in the back of the book?
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So I would think, but they weren't issued books.
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Crazy. That's probably why QA has so many requests to do homework.
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A math class.
With no books.
Western civilization is doomed.
With any luck, the teacher will be mounted to the front of the savages' leader's vehicle when they storm the refuge of the survivors...
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Apparently the books are supposed to stay in the room.
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I stand by my original response.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Guess where the knowledge will likely stay. Effing school boards, I'll bet the Supervisor makes a great deal of money, while "saving" so much on the education of children.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: A math class. With no books. Western civilization is doomed. Soooo right. It's a nightmare, with hastily bodged-together curriculum with no backup at all. Makes me crazy, and my kid's just in elementary school.
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I haven't searched, but you could try looking for it in Latex and seeing if that offers any clues via name/documentation etc.
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My wife and I both searched. Even Wolfram seemed to just shrug.
We wouldn't be surprised to find that it's the wrong symbol. Or some cockamamie new "common core" thing.
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My guess, based on the context of the formula, would be that it means "simplify". Now, if your child is in a graduate course on non-associative algebra, the answer may be different.
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Sure it's not a printing error? A multiplication sign that is messed up? That would make the most sense to me at least.
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This is in line with my thinking. I've seen multiplication represented by an 'X', an '*' (asterisk), a dot, and an open dot (circle). Maybe they were going for a dot or open dot, but the character set the printer used didn't have an exact match. The anti-clockwise arrow may have been the best fit. (Why they didn't replace it with a common alternative like 'X' or '*' is anyone's guess...)
Of course then you have to ask what business the printer has printing math books without a sufficient character set... But that's another conversation entirely...
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Have not found it anywhere though have tried even image search, definitely not standard math symbol. Its either printing error or an individual attempt to map a shaky concept into self created image.
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Never seen it either, but it might be an indication of an iteration of some kind?
ask teacher
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I graduated math but I 've never seen this symbol. Maybe it is Operation defined before question.
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The rational exponents can only simplified if the symbol is a division. If you multiply 12/5 * 3/5 you get 36/25 which cannot be simplified. The other way around 12/5 / 3/5 = 4 makes a lot more sense. Same for the other expression.
Josef Schroettle
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Except that a multiplication symbol there would mean you add the exponents together, not that you multiply them.
For example: c^2 x c^3 equals c^5 , not c^6 .
Therefore, if it is multiplication, you will actually be doing: 12/5 + 3/5 which is 15/5 which simplifies to 3 .
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I thought when you multiplied the same variable with two different exponents together, you just add the exponents. So..
c^(12/5) * c ^(3/5) ==> c^(12/5 + 3/5) ==> c^(15/5) ==> c^3
x^(3/4) * x^(9/2) ==> x^(21/4), or x^(5 1/4
Looks to me like the counter-clockwise arrow is a typo -- meant to be a dot for multiplication, but they used the wrong glyph, and the proof reading quality control these days is left as an exercise for the student.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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This is most likely a Unicode error. I think the "vertically middle dot" was meant to be printed out. Do you have other exercises you could relate to ?
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I think that's the "turn around and ask the smart kid hiding in the back row for the answer" symbol.
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If the symbol is a typo for multiplication #13 become c^3, #14 not so clean x^(21/4)
You would have to figure out what the symbol is a substitute for.
Brent
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Hey!
Thirty six days to the first of April!
(no?)
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This might not help at all but makes you feel less guilty. I work now 20 years in Reinsurance and develop pricing tool, have a degree in Electronics and Economics. My work colleagues, who are by nature, all mathematicians and specialist in the field of actuarial science. Some have PHD's and other degrees I cannot even pronounce. However, I haven't seen this symbol in my entire career, and that's frustrating!
Could it mean to find a divisor to get from c^12/5 to c^3/5? Have a look here on Wolfram https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(c%5E(12%2F5))+%2F+(c%5E(9%2F5))
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