minus-square@Misticlink3•edit-23 days agoYou could argue it’s implied that a-z sequence contains x. But I agree that it’s a bit ambiguous. Here’s what a better notation would look like: (1-x)(2-x)(3-x)…(n-x) for x from N Or (b0 - x)(b1 -x)(b2-x)…(bn-x) This way, both Bn and X could be any number and not just natural ones.
You could argue it’s implied that a-z sequence contains x. But I agree that it’s a bit ambiguous.
Here’s what a better notation would look like:
Or
This way, both Bn and X could be any number and not just natural ones.