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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The correct way to pronounce it too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Kansas to the minus one? One over Kansas?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Kansas^-1 (x) not kansas (x)^-1

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah it's a play how arcsin(x) = sin^-1(x), arccos = cos^-1(x), and arctan = tan^-1(x)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So one over Kansas times x not Kansas times one over x?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Kansas is a function name, not a variable in this notation. Otherwise it would be (Kansa/s)(x) which simplifies to (a^2) (k)(n)(x)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

America explain!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Kansas and Our-Kansas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I'm not pointing any fingers, but the correct way to pronounce it is how it used to be written: "Arkansaw"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Next time someone brings up Kansas in conversation (why would they), and if they imply nothing is there, you can contradict their statements easily. Kansas is invertible and therefore nonzero. QED.

Edit: Oh actually it's a function here never mind.