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In mathematics and computer programming, the order of operations is a collection of conventions about which arithmetic operations to perform first in order to evaluate a given mathematical expression.
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| Order of operations | is a | collection of conventions about which arithmetic operations to perform first in order to evaluate a given mathematical expression.These conventions are formalized with a ranking… | 0.90 | text |
| Concrete Mathematics by Graham | instance of | and this is also the convention observed in physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and mathematics textbooks | 0.80 | text |
| Knuth | instance of | and this is also the convention observed in physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and mathematics textbooks | 0.80 | text |
| and Patashnik | instance of | and this is also the convention observed in physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and mathematics textbooks | 0.80 | text |
| a / bc | instance of | some authors recommend against expressions | 0.80 | text |
| preferring the explicit use of parenthesis a | instance of | some authors recommend against expressions | 0.80 | text |
| a caret | instance of | when exponentiation is represented by an explicit symbol | 0.80 | text |
| whether implicit multiplication takes precedence over explicit multiplication | instance of | Ambiguity about issues | 0.80 | text |
| division in such expressions as a/2b | instance of | Ambiguity about issues | 0.80 | text |
| which could be interpreted as a | instance of | Ambiguity about issues | 0.80 | text |
| Order of operations | related to Conventional order | The | 0.60 | section |
| Order of operations | related to Conventional order | It | 0.60 | section |
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