Talk:3213: Dental Formulas - Revision history

EebstertheGreat at 15:07, 1 April 2026

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Commercialegg at 16:26, 12 March 2026

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42.book.addict at 04:56, 10 March 2026

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81.179.199.253: You[re no gummy-wonder yourself... ;)

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You[re no gummy-wonder yourself... ;)

96.230.198.167 at 23:46, 9 March 2026

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81.179.199.253 at 21:28, 6 March 2026

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81.179.199.253 at 21:26, 6 March 2026

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2A01:CB08:82C3:1A00:F550:3C0C:BC34:851E: On using the '×' symbol.

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On using the '×' symbol.

93.176.188.2 at 16:50, 4 March 2026

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Commercialegg at 01:32, 3 March 2026

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 ::I probably significantly overlap you, in locale and timeframe, so here's my take on that: When learning basic arithmatic (primary school level) I'd be using the notation × (and ÷, to go along with + and -), but by the time it came to algebra (in secondary level education) then dotted adjacency was preferable (as well as using a ")(" writing style for the variable "x", to be extra-sure it's not mistaken as a multiplication). So you have the likes of "y = mx + c" or "y=ax² + bx + c". And, by this point, the difference between {{w|cross product}} and {{w|dot product}} potentially become very important... Technically, the '1d vectors' that are plain numbers are multiplied in dot-product fashion to create the requisite scalar (i.e. also 1d) that you'd expect through all prior experiences of multiplication. And this continues into higher and further education levels.
 ::If using the cross, at this level, it risks the impression that you are using the cross-product. If obeying ''its'' calculative rules, creates a result that is perpendicular (and anti-commutative, so dependent upon order applied) to the vectors supplied. Trying to apply a cross-product to single-values essentially tells you that they have zero angular difference between the two two (whether in the same of opposite directions) and no magnitude in the co-perpendicular direction (requiring 3d of vector-space, or more).  (And I hope I explained that right, and am not using my own understanding of the terminology in a way that doesn't match more standard uses of it. ;) ) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 21:26, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
 An unrelated note, I'm just curious, does any beast have more than 1 canine? or is the second number limited to the set {0, 1}? -- [[User:Malgond|Malgond]] ([[User talk:Malgond|talk]]) 09:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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	::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2\|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)		::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2\|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
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 Fun Fact: The {{w|São Tomé collared fruit bat}} is the only known mammal where the whole population has an asymmetrical dental formula. --[[Special:Contributions/134.102.219.31|134.102.219.31]] 18:51, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
-:O.K., the IP address at the end of that sentence looked like a very scary set of teeth. {{unsigned ip|96.230.198.167|23:46, 9 March 2026}}
+:O.K., the IP address at the end of that sentence looked like a very scary set of teeth. {{unsigned ip|96.230.198.167|23:46, 9 March 2026 (UTC)}}
 Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do.  The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples.  Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur.  [[User:Martin|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
 :A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
 ::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

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 Fun Fact: The {{w|São Tomé collared fruit bat}} is the only known mammal where the whole population has an asymmetrical dental formula. --[[Special:Contributions/134.102.219.31|134.102.219.31]] 18:51, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
-:O.K., the IP address at the end of that sentence looked like a very scary set of teeth.
+:O.K., the IP address at the end of that sentence looked like a very scary set of teeth. {{unsigned ip|96.230.198.167|23:46, 9 March 2026}}
 Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do.  The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples.  Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur.  [[User:Martin|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
 :A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
 ::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

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 Fun Fact: The {{w|São Tomé collared fruit bat}} is the only known mammal where the whole population has an asymmetrical dental formula. --[[Special:Contributions/134.102.219.31|134.102.219.31]] 18:51, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
 Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do.  The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples.  Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur.  [[User:Martin|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
 :A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
 ::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

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 :And some countries use interpuncts for multiplying scalars, baseline dots (interchangeably with spaces, but never both in a single number) for thousands, and commas as decimal symbol. There are languages that even include group separation ''after'' the latter, with a 4-digit final group iff the last digit is the 10<sup>-3''n''-1</sup>s place (e. g. "3 863 387,274 479 0001" instead of "3 863 387,274 479 000 1"), even with several exceptions (e. g. rules like "4-digit numbers do not require formatting, '''unless they are in a table with longer numbers in the same column'''"). [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4E:1C00:EB00:D063:D715:3937:44C6|2001:4C4E:1C00:EB00:D063:D715:3937:44C6]] 11:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
 :I was taught, in the UK in the '80s, to use the '×' symbol. It seems that practically everybody else uses some sort of dot, or worse just stuffs the variables side by side and the multiplication is "assumed". Hmm, and some people wonder why maths causes so much distress. [[Special:Contributions/2A01:CB08:82C3:1A00:F550:3C0C:BC34:851E|2A01:CB08:82C3:1A00:F550:3C0C:BC34:851E]] 19:29, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
 An unrelated note, I'm just curious, does any beast have more than 1 canine? or is the second number limited to the set {0, 1}? -- [[User:Malgond|Malgond]] ([[User talk:Malgond|talk]]) 09:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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	Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do. The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples. Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur. [[User:Martin\|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin\|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)		Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do. The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples. Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur. [[User:Martin\|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin\|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
	:A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg\|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg\|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)		:A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg\|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg\|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
		+	::With a fedora? [[Special:Contributions/93.176.188.2\|93.176.188.2]] 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

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	Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do. The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples. Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur. [[User:Martin\|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin\|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)		Although "mammals in general" have breasts not all do. The platypus is a mammal and does produce milk to feed its young, however it has no nipples. Instead an area of skin "leaks" (secretes) milk into the fur. [[User:Martin\|Martin]] ([[User talk:Martin\|talk]]) 21:01, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
−	:A platypus. [[User:Commercialegg\|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg\|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)	+	:A platypus? [[User:Commercialegg\|Commercialegg]] ([[User talk:Commercialegg\|talk]]) 01:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)