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Reviewer: Bilorv ( talk · contribs) 21:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
This notation can cause confusion since in most other contexts juxtaposition denotes multiplication instead.
— I think this needs an inline citation, as it is "published opinion" (assuming the sentence was based on one of the references)....which compactly denotes iteration.
) to either the
WP article or the
Wiktionary definition.All of this terminology
— change to All of the above terminology
(sounds more formal)...for the
rigorous definition...
— is the link to
rigor needed?...such as
pies...
— the link to
pie is irrelevant.Addition is
commutative, meaning that one can reverse the terms in a sum left-to-right, and the result is the same as the last one.
— Needs rephrasing; how about: Addition is
commutative: one can change the order of the terms in a sum, and the result will be the same.
Should the expression
- "a + b + c"
be defined to mean...
Should the expression "a + b + c" be defined to mean...
...it is true that
.Not all operations are associative, so in expressions with other operations like subtraction, it is important to specify the order of operations.
— This isn't explicitly linked to addition. I would presume the point is something along the lines of: "Following the standard order of operations, addition is a lower priority than
exponentiation,
nth roots, multiplication and division, but is given equal priority to subtraction." Please add text along these lines to the article.Adding 50 ml to 150 ml gives 200 ml.
would suffice.I'll try to review the rest of the article fairly quickly. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 21:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
rhesus macaques and
cottontop tamarins
to
rhesus macaque and
cottontop tamarin monkeys
.6+6=12
and 6+7
to 6 + 6 = 12
and 6 + 7
for consistency with the rest of the article....addition table of the 10 first numbers...
— This confused me for a second. The numbers don't go up to 10; they go up to 20, but the table features addends from 1 to 10 summed with augends from 1 to 10. Is there any clearer way to phrase this?6+6=12
) need spaces to fit with the article's format; additionally, some sort of algebraic symbol needs to be used for "x" to differentiate it from a multiplication sign.There are many other
alternative methods.
— The link to
reform mathematics doesn't seem massively relevant; additionally, isn't "other alternative" a bit redundant?It made use of an ingenious gravity-assisted carry mechanism
— Remove "ingenious" (sounds
biased).Almost all modern implementations...
— This is sourced to a reference from 2001. Is the information still accurate 13 years after the book was written?one must first define addition for the context in question.
— Why is there emphasis on the word define?I've just about managed to keep up with the technical stuff, but I'll try to look over the computing bit (no pun intended) again tomorrow. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 23:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
I made several changes; I've added responses to each item describing what actions were taken. Thanks for the clear input, and I look forward to further input. If anything is worse now, feel free to revert. Brirush ( talk) 02:20, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
If a is equal to -6 and b is equal to 4, a + b = -2, as the difference between |-6| and |4| is 6 - 4 = 2, and the larger absolute value (-6) is negative so the overall answer is negative. Therefore, -6 + 4 = -2.
My example could probably be made a bit less confusing.— Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 11:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Unfortunately, dealing with multiplication of Dedekind cuts is a case-by-case nightmare similar to the addition of signed integers.
— Needs a source and/or more neutral phrasing.Addition, along with subtraction, multiplication and division, is considered one of the basic operations and is used in elementary arithmetic.
All of these rules can be proven, starting with the addition of natural numbers and generalizing up through the real numbers and beyond. General binary operations combined with sets of operands is the study of abstract algebra.
— I'm not really sure what the point of the first sentence is. Okay, so rules involving addition can be proved: does this need to be stated in the lead? In the second sentence, abstract algebra and binary operations are tangential to addition, and don't need to be mentioned in the lead.|chapter
parameters that need to be fixed.— Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 20:16, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
) should be used between units of measurement. ...adding 50 ml to 150 ml gives 200 ml.
should be changed to ...adding 50 millilitres to 150 millilitres gives 200 millilitres.
The article is now being placed on hold. —
Bilorv
(talk)
(contribs)
14:52, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the review! I have made the changes you requested. Please let me know if there is any additional work required. I feel the article is much better after your recommendations, especially regarding new sections.
Addition in other bases is very similar.
— This last paragraph under Addition in other bases is not necessary, and largely repetitive given the first sentence in the section is Addition in other bases is very similar to decimal addition.
However, these few minor issues aren't stopping the article from passing the GA criteria, so I'm promoting the article. Thanks for addressing my comments, and I hope the article is improved because of them. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 15:48, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Bilorv ( talk · contribs) 21:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
This notation can cause confusion since in most other contexts juxtaposition denotes multiplication instead.
— I think this needs an inline citation, as it is "published opinion" (assuming the sentence was based on one of the references)....which compactly denotes iteration.
) to either the
WP article or the
Wiktionary definition.All of this terminology
— change to All of the above terminology
(sounds more formal)...for the
rigorous definition...
— is the link to
rigor needed?...such as
pies...
— the link to
pie is irrelevant.Addition is
commutative, meaning that one can reverse the terms in a sum left-to-right, and the result is the same as the last one.
— Needs rephrasing; how about: Addition is
commutative: one can change the order of the terms in a sum, and the result will be the same.
Should the expression
- "a + b + c"
be defined to mean...
Should the expression "a + b + c" be defined to mean...
...it is true that
.Not all operations are associative, so in expressions with other operations like subtraction, it is important to specify the order of operations.
— This isn't explicitly linked to addition. I would presume the point is something along the lines of: "Following the standard order of operations, addition is a lower priority than
exponentiation,
nth roots, multiplication and division, but is given equal priority to subtraction." Please add text along these lines to the article.Adding 50 ml to 150 ml gives 200 ml.
would suffice.I'll try to review the rest of the article fairly quickly. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 21:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
rhesus macaques and
cottontop tamarins
to
rhesus macaque and
cottontop tamarin monkeys
.6+6=12
and 6+7
to 6 + 6 = 12
and 6 + 7
for consistency with the rest of the article....addition table of the 10 first numbers...
— This confused me for a second. The numbers don't go up to 10; they go up to 20, but the table features addends from 1 to 10 summed with augends from 1 to 10. Is there any clearer way to phrase this?6+6=12
) need spaces to fit with the article's format; additionally, some sort of algebraic symbol needs to be used for "x" to differentiate it from a multiplication sign.There are many other
alternative methods.
— The link to
reform mathematics doesn't seem massively relevant; additionally, isn't "other alternative" a bit redundant?It made use of an ingenious gravity-assisted carry mechanism
— Remove "ingenious" (sounds
biased).Almost all modern implementations...
— This is sourced to a reference from 2001. Is the information still accurate 13 years after the book was written?one must first define addition for the context in question.
— Why is there emphasis on the word define?I've just about managed to keep up with the technical stuff, but I'll try to look over the computing bit (no pun intended) again tomorrow. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 23:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
I made several changes; I've added responses to each item describing what actions were taken. Thanks for the clear input, and I look forward to further input. If anything is worse now, feel free to revert. Brirush ( talk) 02:20, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
If a is equal to -6 and b is equal to 4, a + b = -2, as the difference between |-6| and |4| is 6 - 4 = 2, and the larger absolute value (-6) is negative so the overall answer is negative. Therefore, -6 + 4 = -2.
My example could probably be made a bit less confusing.— Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 11:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Unfortunately, dealing with multiplication of Dedekind cuts is a case-by-case nightmare similar to the addition of signed integers.
— Needs a source and/or more neutral phrasing.Addition, along with subtraction, multiplication and division, is considered one of the basic operations and is used in elementary arithmetic.
All of these rules can be proven, starting with the addition of natural numbers and generalizing up through the real numbers and beyond. General binary operations combined with sets of operands is the study of abstract algebra.
— I'm not really sure what the point of the first sentence is. Okay, so rules involving addition can be proved: does this need to be stated in the lead? In the second sentence, abstract algebra and binary operations are tangential to addition, and don't need to be mentioned in the lead.|chapter
parameters that need to be fixed.— Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 20:16, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
) should be used between units of measurement. ...adding 50 ml to 150 ml gives 200 ml.
should be changed to ...adding 50 millilitres to 150 millilitres gives 200 millilitres.
The article is now being placed on hold. —
Bilorv
(talk)
(contribs)
14:52, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the review! I have made the changes you requested. Please let me know if there is any additional work required. I feel the article is much better after your recommendations, especially regarding new sections.
Addition in other bases is very similar.
— This last paragraph under Addition in other bases is not necessary, and largely repetitive given the first sentence in the section is Addition in other bases is very similar to decimal addition.
However, these few minor issues aren't stopping the article from passing the GA criteria, so I'm promoting the article. Thanks for addressing my comments, and I hope the article is improved because of them. — Bilorv (talk) (contribs) 15:48, 27 December 2014 (UTC)