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minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months ago1/2 <-- not a number. Two numbers and an operator. But also a number.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIn Comp-Sci, operators mean stuff like >>, *, /, + and so on. But in math, an operator is a (possibly symbollic) function, such as a derivative or matrix.
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoYoure not wrong, distinctively, but even in mathematics “/” is considered an operator. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_(mathematics)
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agooh huh, neat. Always though of those as “operations.”
1/2 <-- not a number. Two numbers and an operator. But also a number.
In Comp-Sci, operators mean stuff like
>>,*,/,+and so on. But in math, an operator is a (possibly symbollic) function, such as a derivative or matrix.Youre not wrong, distinctively, but even in mathematics “/” is considered an operator.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_(mathematics)
oh huh, neat. Always though of those as “operations.”