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Some thoughts on the use of computer symbols in mathematics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown*
Affiliation:
Centre for Science Education, Chelsea College, Bridges Place, London SW6 4HR
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Extract

The increasing use of simple computing languages in schools gives an opportunity for rationalisation of our existing mathematical notation as follows:

It is time we abandoned “÷”, which is used in primary schools and causes great difficulties later on when children have to cope with the fact that or, worse still, If we used “|” from the start, what could be easier than (Nor is there a case for restricting ÷ to ‘sharing’ situations, since + and − are used for both natural numbers and rationals.)

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 58 , Issue 404 , June 1974 , pp. 78 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1974

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