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minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhat offends me most about this is using the convolution operator * for multiplication in a typeset equation
minus-squareSL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s been a long time, but isn’t this the default for the Graphical Formula Editor in Microsoft Word? (As in you could just use the * operator and word would print it as-is, not replace it with the multiplication sign)
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t hate myself enough to use microsoft software, so idk
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoAny symbol can be chosen for any variable including operations. It depends entirely on context. I doubt economists use the convolution operator in this context or probably ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Usage
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHuh I didn’t realize that economics have their own version of math /s
What offends me most about this is using the convolution operator * for multiplication in a typeset equation
It’s been a long time, but isn’t this the default for the Graphical Formula Editor in Microsoft Word? (As in you could just use the * operator and word would print it as-is, not replace it with the multiplication sign)
I don’t hate myself enough to use microsoft software, so idk
Any symbol can be chosen for any variable including operations. It depends entirely on context.
I doubt economists use the convolution operator in this context or probably ever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Usage
Huh I didn’t realize that economics have their own version of math /s