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::This article is likely to be completely incomprehensible to somebody who does not have at least some university-level algebra, and probably would only be fully comprehensible to somebody who has taken at least two or three years of it at that level. I don't really know what purpose an article that assumes that level of knowledge serves. <font face="Antiqua, serif">''[[User:Hrafn|Hrafn]]<sup>[[User talk:Hrafn|Talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Hrafn|Stalk]]</sub><sup>''('''[[M:Precisionism|P]]''')</sup></font> 16:40, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
:::There is a certain amount of technical knowledge required to understand ''most'' mathematics articles on Wikipedia. I don't see any reason this stub should be held to a higher standard than the rest of our mathematics articles, particularly since the notion is not likely to be ''relevant'' to anyone without a substantial quantitative background to start with. [[User:Sławomir Biały|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Sławomir Biały</span>]] ([[User talk:Sławomir Biały|talk]]) 16:51, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
::::And I don't know why mathematics articles should be held to a ''lower'' standard than articles for any other subject -- which are expected to be accessible to the non-specialist. <font face="Antiqua, serif">''[[User:Hrafn|Hrafn]]<sup>[[User talk:Hrafn|Talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Hrafn|Stalk]]</sub><sup>''('''[[M:Precisionism|P]]''')</sup></font> 16:58, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
::Oh, and according to [[Miscellaneous Technical (Unicode block)]], the symbols I'm missing are 'KEYBOARD' (2328) & 'LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET' (2329). Why these would appear in a mathematical article, or be expected in a standard OS installation or web browser, I don't know. <font face="Antiqua, serif">''[[User:Hrafn|Hrafn]]<sup>[[User talk:Hrafn|Talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Hrafn|Stalk]]</sub><sup>''('''[[M:Precisionism|P]]''')</sup></font> 16:44, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
:::Exactly what the status of unicode symbols is in mathematics articles is a perennial debate, but our current [[WP:MOSMATH|Manual of Style]] does give its blessing to unicode symbols that correspond to named html entities. The left and right angle brackets are &lang; and &rang;. But as you probably know, the appropriate way to lobby for this sort of change would be to start a threat at [[WT:MOSMATH]]. (However, this is a discussion that has happened before many times already.) [[User:Sławomir Biały|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Sławomir Biały</span>]] ([[User talk:Sławomir Biały|talk]]) 16:56, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
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