Post #2560060
2026-05-15 08:27 UTC
Have a PhD in physics and this is the first time that I hear of some kind of “order” here. May be I forgot but I only remember that I used associative, distributiveand commutative properties of mathematical objects.
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@heh@lemmy.world 2026-05-15 15:04
It’s because in any higher level math these rules aren’t needed. Everyone just uses brackets(and mathematical notation) to clearly define an order of operations. There’s no confusion as you’ll never see something potentially ambiguous like “x * y / z / a” . And even if you did, the division operators would likely be horizontal lines to make it clear what is being divided.