• nLuLukna @sh.itjust.works
    21·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but the way you derive the order of operations is way above the average maths student.

    I say that, but its not really that complicated to derive, since you think in terms of the expansion of the naturals to the reals

    My brain is fucking dumb

    • DrRatso@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Im sorry, what? The order of operations is completely arbitrary, it just also happens to be the standart. Not having PEMDAS would simply mean we have to write equations differently. PEMDAS et al only exist to avoid ambiguity as in this image.

      • nLuLukna @sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah looking at my comment with fresh eyes, I really failed to say anything true.

        But I’m still going to say its not arbitary, since its super fucking convinent and it removes a lot of brackets.

    • Zoot@reddthat.com
      22·
      1 year ago

      If pemdas is above the average math student that’s fucked. I learned it in 5th grade.