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\[ \div x = \frac{1}{x} \] | \[ \div x = \frac{1}{x} \] | ||
The page on wheels<ref>https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/wheel</ref> in the nLab suggests exactly this. | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 11 August 2021
A minus sign with nothing on the left represents negation of whatever's on the right.
Why isn't there a unary division symbol?[1][2]
\[ \div x = \frac{1}{x} \]
The page on wheels[3] in the nLab suggests exactly this.
- ↑ Tweet by Christian Lawson-Perfect: "We have unary minus, i.e. "-2" is the same as "0-2". Why don't we have unary division, i.e. "÷2" could mean the same as "1÷2"?"
- ↑ Tweet: "Years after impishly proposing a 'unary division' operator at big #mathsjam, I find myself actually needing to introduce one in my real work."
- ↑ https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/wheel
