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billyjmc on June 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bouba/kiki effect

What you’ve suggested is not equivalent. The a is always taken without negation, and that’s not the case in your rendering.

LordDragonfang on June 17, 2024 [–]

Ah. "a±(b-c)" then.

The fact I made that mistake in the first place just makes me more convinced the original form is unnecessarily complex to parse.

stabbles on June 17, 2024 | [–]

You're too fixated on the example. It's obviously used in cases where you cannot group like that:

    (-b ± sqrt(b² - 4ac)) / 2a = 2c / (-b ∓ sqrt(b² - 4ac))

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