- From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:51:25 +0100
- To: juanrgonzaleza@canonicalscience.com
- CC: www-math@w3.org
> What is the difference if any between both encodings? <cn>-2</cn> is an encoding of the negative number -2 <apply><minus/><cn>2</cn></apply> is an encoding of the unary minus operator applied to 2. In most mathematical contexts these are going to be equal and interchangable. You might possibly want to distinguish between them if you are discussing the properties of the unary minus operator. The equation <apply><eq/> <apply><minus/><cn>2</cn></apply> <cn>-2</cn> </apply> remains true, but loses the point somewhat, if you normalise both sides of the equation to the same form. Actually the default rendering of <cn>-2</cn> is that of <mn>-2</mn> and it may be preferable to use <mo>-</mo><mn>2</mn> which would be encoded as <cn><mo>-</mo><mn>2</mn></cn>. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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