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4859273 No.4859273 [Reply] [Original]

Can anyone explain what the dot between the x and 1 on the top line means?

im trying to make this into a usable equation in max msp

>> No.4859281

How about multiplication? Who knows!

>> No.4859294

>>4859281

ok ill try

why do science dickhaeds ave to change things ike this?

why not alll use the same signs?

>> No.4859322

>>4859294

there are different types of multiplication, depending on what objects you are dealing with, so there are conventions for what symbols to use

>> No.4859327

>>4859294
>>4859273

You're an idiot. First of all, dots have been used for multiplication a very long time. It's very standard.

But even if you didn't know that, notice that f(x)=0 at x=0? This means that the numerator must equal zero. And this means that the two terms in the numerator must be the same absolute value. This should tell you that both of them are actually e^(0) at x=0, and that should tell you that the dot is a multiplication argument.

And it doesn't take as much detail as i just described to explain it to you, but you should be able to figure it out yourself.

>> No.4859342

>>4859327

>inb4 it could be division

Then you look at the graph where x=1.

Check a few spots. Then you must deduce that it's a multiplication argument.

And it's not "scientists" who did this. It's whoever made the specific program that you're using who decided that HE would like to use a dot for multiplication.

>> No.4859355

lol so mad itt

>> No.4859369

ok guys thanks for the help

anyone care to help me make it into a usable equation?

>> No.4859377

>>4859369
What the fuck are you even asking?