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notorandityesterday at 11:03 AM1 replyview on HN

It's about symbolic computation more than calculations.


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eruyesterday at 12:10 PM

Yes, and it's not all that useful there either.

Eg ln is a rather complicated construct, it's not even a function. That's because for complex numbers, e^x is not bijective, and thus its inverse ain't a function.

So using that complicated construct to define something simpler like addition invites extra complexity.