DP Official Documentation talk:Proofreading/Essential Maths for Proofers
Exponentiation
With exponential statements that use expressions as the exponent, should braces be used? For example:
Would this be written as 2^(x+1) or 2^{x+1}?
- The idea is to depart as infrequently as possible from the "standard" proofing guidelines, so since the exponent resembles a superscript, proof it as such (with braces).
- Dcwilson 21:58, 18 October 2009 (PDT)
Factorial Symbol
Where does ! fall in the list of precedence? According to the example of summation, it binds more tightly than division. Thanks
No incoming links
This page is not linked from anywhere else in the Wiki. It should. Maybe from Main Page (in Proofing and Formatting under Special Situations) and Category:Proofing. -- camomiletea 22:23, 21 October 2009 (PDT)
Maths or Mathematics?
This page was hard to find because I was searching for Mathematics, and as soon as I typed the fifth letter (e), the search engine failed me.
I suggest this page be renamed with the British/Commonwealth abbreviation Math replaced by the unabbreviated Mathematics.
I've added redirecting pages using Math and Mathematics now. That should handle it. Lhamilton
Primes
Decorated variables talks about the acute accent, which was removed from the character picker. This should be reworded to suggest having the project manager add the prime (′) and double prime (″) to the project if they didn't already. Acibant (talk) 23:04, 2 March 2026 (EST)