When actually working with trigonometric identities, using parentheses typically gets unwieldily very quickly. Same reason sin(x) often becomes sin x.
Then perhaps we should drop all parens and move to prefix notation.
Re:Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so
by abdullahkhalids on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:37AM
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Does f^2(x) in any scenario mean (f(x))^2? Usually the square of a function, with named arguments is written as f(x)^2. So, not clear on the confusion.
I don't know what exactly is being gained by the usual notation: surely better clarity should be preferred over the time/effort saved in writing the extra pair of paranthesis, and I would prefer it be written as (sin(x))^2 always.
Thing is mathematics, and mathematical pedagogy seems hardly concerned with such rampant notation confusion plaguing much of maths. Perhaps moving to some type of machine-readable notation will be better for consistency and avoiding of much notational confusion.