From https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-math-behind-a-faster-multiplication-algorithm-20190923/ “This summer, battle lines<https://twitter.com/pjmdolI/status/1155598050959745026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1155598050959745026&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F08%2F02%2Fscience%2Fmath-equation-pedmas-bemdas-bedmas.html> were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right? The conflict grew so heated that it made the pages of The New York Times<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/science/math-equation-pedmas-bemdas-bedmas.html>. And as the comments section shows, even a professional mathematician weighing in on the matter wasn’t enough to bring the two sides together.”
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