Re: Character proposal: SUBSCRIPT TEN

From: Leo Broukhis (leob@mailcom.com)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2008 - 22:58:54 CST

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    On Jan 16, 2008 7:26 PM, Benjamin M Scarborough
    <benjamin.scarborough@student.utdallas.edu> wrote:
    > Leo Broukhis wrote:
    > >If we're to follow the spirit of UTN28, we should add a mathematical
    > >decimal exponent base character at least to allow for the unambiguous
    > >scientific representation of reals
    > >in math texts. What does 1.5e+3 without a U+2062 (invisible times)
    > >before 'e' really mean? 1500 or 7.077?
    >
    > All the more reason to say 1.5·10^3 instead.

    This character sequence does not represent a number, but a constant
    expression equal to 1.5₁₀3.

    Leo

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