@SmartmanApps

I only mentioned it as proof that my math education was sorely inadequate and that I’m only now connecting some of the dots. 😁

@FishFace

I think we all are in agreement that being a bit pedantic is a requirement in this discussion. 😁

@SmartmanApps

Right, that makes sense. I now recall that is was explained to me as having a higher precedence than if it were written as a multiplication. Never truly understood that until now.

The reason for ^2 is because I don’t have that key on iPhone.

@FishFace

It’s more that my terminology was wrong. The product here is the result of a multiplication. The product describes the term, the multiplication the operation.

Keep in mind that the discussion was about definitions of math and how it should be typed.

@SmartmanApps

Thanks for explaining. Did some more reading up on the subject and I think I understand it now.

Quick check to verify: The equation E=mc^2 has:
- 2 Terms: E, mc^2
- 3 Factors: E, m, c (of which `c` is a constant)

@SmartmanApps

Yes on the first part: multiplication should have been product. (Quick question: Would it be correct to say that the product, although a single term, by it self contains two terms?)

As for the second part, I was talking about the official standards such as SI, NIST, etc.

@scottgal

Apple has the "Activity Monitor" but I rarely use it. Even when I'm developing on my MacBook M2 with 8GB ram that runs multiple docker containers. That exact same scenario on Windows required 16GB ram and remained uncomfortable.

@SmartmanApps @matthiasott

That might have a different cause? Such as "E = mc2" describes 3 values where the right side describes a multiplication?

Did a bit more digging, but couldn't find the reason, but I assume the space rule was used to take poor penmanship/printing into account so that one could avoid that "50% of 9g and 1l" be confused with 500/0 of 99 and ll". This also explains the few exceptions (such as degrees and angles)