Comments on: Top 5 - Mathematical Symbols http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/ The musings and rants of two thirty-something Englishmen...of course! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48362 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:20:04 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48362 Ofcourse... now if I go back and make the changes everyone will be wondering how I wrote the signs originally - and or - be wondering what on earth you're going on about - so I'll leave it as is - to retain the meaning. Ofcourse… now if I go back and make the changes everyone will be wondering how I wrote the signs originally - and or - be wondering what on earth you’re going on about - so I’ll leave it as is - to retain the meaning.

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48228 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:06:54 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48228 Funnily enough the comment may appear to have failed - but my comment update notification received via google contained the html code - nice one! Cheers Ben. Funnily enough the comment may appear to have failed - but my comment update notification received via google contained the html code - nice one! Cheers Ben.

]]> by: Benji http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48063 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48063 You'll also want − for minus and × for multiply. You’ll also want − for minus and × for multiply.

]]> by: Benji http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48061 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:12:43 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-48061 ÷ ÷ is the html entity for the divide symbol. This comment will probably fail in a dramatic way, but here's hoping... ÷

÷ is the html entity for the divide symbol. This comment will probably fail in a dramatic way, but here’s hoping…

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46987 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:10:22 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46987 The sum of all the pies is infinite, therefore you'll become fat. (I think) The sum of all the pies is infinite, therefore you’ll become fat.

(I think)

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46984 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:26:42 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46984 True - but where as my simple list of ingredients would make an apple-pi - your list is more of a "honey-drenched savarin". It's a question of taste... just annoyed that I can't work out what your list results in - numerically! True - but where as my simple list of ingredients would make an apple-pi - your list is more of a “honey-drenched savarin”. It’s a question of taste… just annoyed that I can’t work out what your list results in - numerically!

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46813 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:56:11 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/07/12/top-5-mathematical-symbols/#comment-46813 1. π 2. Σ 3. ∞ 4. ∴ 5. ! You can't beat a bit of pi. 1. π
2. Σ
3. ∞
4. ∴
5. !

You can’t beat a bit of pi.

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