18 May
2021
18 May
'21
2:53 p.m.
On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 15:16, Martin Teichmann
Because reality. People would like to write 1/2 * m * v**2 to mean the obvious thing, without having to think about the details. And there are many people like this, this is why it shows up on this mailing list regularly. I have never felt the urge to write two/three * m * v**two.
I'd actually prefer to write (m*v**2)/2. Or (m/2)*v**2. But those wouldn't work, the way you describe your proposal. And I'd be very concerned if they behaved differently than 1/2 * m * v**2... Paul