Talk:Unicode polynomial equation

Openended and misnamed?

This proposal does not limit the syntax in any way. It does not mention parenthesis. Meanwhile, 1+1/x is not a polynomial (and neither is x^1/x), and limiting supported syntax to only that unicode which can represent polynomials would still allow for a variety of ambiguities, such as:

c₁y¹+c₂y²

∑ (1+xⁿ)xⁱ

I recommend explicitly listing the characters which should be supported, and eliminating the parts of the task description which refer to negative exponents. Another alternative would be to change the task name and explicitly document the syntax being supported. --Rdm 19:12, 18 November 2011 (UTC)