>>11668371>Do I need to say it again? The ^ operation (using that notation) is inconsistent if the sign (prefix) is taken "separately".How? Do you understand what inconsistency means? It means not producing the same result. But if you simply follow order of operations, you get the same result.
>The prefix is part of the number, it is not another operation.If it's not an operation then what is there to simplify? This is not even relevant to the issue. In -x^2 is "-" the prefix of "x" or of "x^2?" You have given no standard for how to determine this. That is called an inconsistency. In reality the entire issue is moot since there is no utility to determining what is a prefix of what. We only care about operations and their order.
