2010-08-16, 05:52 AM
Sorry. I didn't really understand that article. Here are the tables:
How come in the first table, ^-1 worked really slowly, but in the second, it worked faster? I thought in a complex equation, the program groups each portion as a separate entity. How else would it account for operations grouped together with parentheses, like in the following example:
A(X+Y)^-1
Also, it's probably not the case, but what if A=1 in the first table?
| Format | Bars | Pixels | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/B | 20 | 6 | 166 |
| AB^-1 | 28 | 2 | 226 |
| Format | Bars | Pixels | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/B, when B=1 | 15 | 0 | 120 |
| B^-1, when B=1 | 14 | 1 | 113 |
| 1/B, when B=pi | 20 | 2 | 162 |
| B^-1, when B=pi | 19 | 2 | 154 |
How come in the first table, ^-1 worked really slowly, but in the second, it worked faster? I thought in a complex equation, the program groups each portion as a separate entity. How else would it account for operations grouped together with parentheses, like in the following example:
A(X+Y)^-1
Also, it's probably not the case, but what if A=1 in the first table?