No, its about how the American Mathematical Society reviews electronically submitted papers. The specific phrase of interest "We linearize simple formulas, using the rule that multiplication indicated by juxtaposition is carried out before division" is included so that people submitting papers will know that if they submit something like:... but the info on this site is simply about how something is programmed.
\(48/2(9+3)\)
Will be taken to mean:
\(48/(2\times(9+3))\)
Yes there is. That adopted by the American Mathematical Society.I suppose there is no correct answer,
Yes, I have head that one cannot teach the blind to see.and there is no way anyone will convince me otherwise.
\(48/2(9+3)\)
Is just plain written badly. However, the American Mathematical Society apparently put the interpretation to rest in 2001. They have determined, that if someone has that expression in a paper submitted to them, they will evaluate it as 2. If the proof rests on it being 288, the will reject the paper and the proof as being wrong. So, go ahead and 'believe' what you will.
Actually I think it's important to discuss things like this. People need to be exposed to the right way of doing things, even if they choose not to follow them.
It's all good