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> Edit: also, I would rather write (x + y)/2 if I wanted half the sum, that seems much more logical to me than moving non-integer factors around. Based on what
by fweimer 11mo ago
> Edit: also, I would rather write (x + y)/2 if I wanted half the sum, that seems much more logical to me than moving non-integer factors around.
Based on what I recall, there's a bit of an aversion towards writing / or ÷ for division (or explicitly written multiplication). And $\frac{1}{2}(x+y)$ is more readable in inline text than $\frac{x+y}{2}$.
- MayeulC 11mo agoI agree, though I wish you had specified in what context that aversion was. To give a specific example, I can cite units in the metric system, often written as kg.s⁻².J⁻¹ instead of the more ambiguous kg/s²/J; which could technically be read as kg/(s²/J), giving kg.J.s⁻¹.