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Using "and" like this is a common shorthand for "the sum of n and m is...". The shorthand is a bit antiquated now, but you can find it in a lot of arithmetic bo
by panopticon 6y ago
Using "and" like this is a common shorthand for "the sum of n and m is...". The shorthand is a bit antiquated now, but you can find it in a lot of arithmetic books (and song lyrics).
- klyrs 6y agoMiss me with that "common usage" on this article for and by programmers.
- kevincox 6y agoI was confused because I thought they were proving that (1 = 1) and (1 = 2).
- contravariant 6y agoThat's fine but if half of it is in symbolic notation and the rest is in prose you can't blame people if they group the symbolic part together.