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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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+1 to Flieger (never seen anything like that)
fwiw, I've always maintained that the problem with math is that it is usually taught by math majors. --they get in to useless math games. I would hate math if it were not for engineering teachers demonstrating the power of math in application. (a tool)
To put it another way, math is but a language for representing quantifiable relationships. Essentially, equations are sentences, with math syntax, which model relations. Math geeks, however, get into the structure of the syntax and completely lose sight of application. Thus, they create ridiculously useless syntax puzzles like above.
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Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee. 
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