Re: Mathematics in Persian, feedback needed

2005-10-18 Thread Max Froumentin
"Sina Ahmadian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, surprisingly the long division notation in the French is really > "bizarre"! yes :-) But as long as it's used anywhere in the world, then MathML ought to support it. There are more schoolkids learning mathematics using a possibly bizzarre notati

Re: Mathematics in Persian, feedback needed

2005-10-18 Thread Max Froumentin
Thanks for the responses. Let me comment on each here: > It is a normal form of an equation in Iran. In Afghanistan, also a > Persian speaking country, mathematical notations are expressed the > same way as in English. Even in primary school? When kids learn to write "1+2+3" do they start straigh

Re: Mathematics in Persian, feedback needed

2005-10-17 Thread Max Froumentin
[OK, here we go again. No attachment this time] After asking Dan Brickley to forward my message, I was convinced to join the list in order to formulate my request more specifically. As I wrote before, the MathML group at W3C are looking at world-wide mathematical notations, in order to find out if