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minus-squarejagungal@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOk, good point. So what are you trying to say? That the general public should use the more specific word for the benefit of mathematicians?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoMy only point is that it’s silly to mathematicians that the majority of people use the word “math(s)” to refer exclusively to arithmetic.
Ok, good point. So what are you trying to say? That the general public should use the more specific word for the benefit of mathematicians?
My only point is that it’s silly to mathematicians that the majority of people use the word “math(s)” to refer exclusively to arithmetic.