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Re:Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so by wcarey on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @09:49AM (#23311059)
> I have a lot to say about notation in math, but this isn't the forum. There are a lot of crimes committed, agreed, but some of the things people pick out are only bad because they don't know the context where they redeem themselves.

Indeed - I wish we could conceal those notations until the redemptive context became more apparent, in the same way that Latin teachers can conceal Sallust's inconcinitas until students are ready for it.

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