A math question

[slobake]

I am reading a Sci Fi novel named "A Star Curiously Singing." In that novel an android said A ~ A3. In the context of the story A probably = Allah. Does anyone know what this means? I have looked up the symbol and not found any answers.
I tried to type the symbol for A to the third power but I couldn't figure out how to do that on my Mac keyboard.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Iirc a very long time ago that sqiggle was used as a shorthand for obvious transformations of an entire equation, but on its own line

2Y + 4Z = 4
~
Y + 2Z = 2

Translates to ''becomes'' I guess.

 

[sissy kathy]

I am reading a Sci Fi novel named "A Star Curiously Singing." In that novel an android said A ~ A3. In the context of the story A probably = Allah. Does anyone know what this means? I have looked up the symbol and not found any answers.
I tried to type the symbol for A to the third power but I couldn't figure out how to do that on my Mac keyboard.

A^3 is generally understood as "A" cubed. That squiggly line (~) means about, or approximately. Other than that I have no idea, I would interpret A~A^3 to mean A = 1. Which would be right on with your interpretation. Changing the equation to G~G^3 might work for many others too. Man this needs to be in the lobby. Skating awful close to the line.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Happy to help. Click>Online Abacus - Online Calculator

 

[sissy kathy]

Happy to help. Click>Online Abacus - Online Calculator

I don't remember how to use that (and was never very good at it.).

 

[fdeck]

I was a math major in college, and still do a lot with applied math. That expression doesn't ring a bell.

 

[slobake]

A^3 is generally understood as "A" cubed. That squiggly line (~) means about, or approximately. Other than that I have no idea, I would interpret A~A^3 to mean A = 1. Which would be right on with your interpretation. Changing the equation to G~G^3 might work for many others too. Man this needs to be in the lobby. Skating awful close to the line.

I do apologize if anyone is bothered with the subject.
The interpretation you suggest would not make sense in the context of the story. PM if you want more info on that , or as you suggest we could talk in the lobby.

The author is Kerry Nietz and he also wrote "Amish Vampires in Space." How could that not be a good book?

 

[Downunderwonder]

''Transforms to'' or ''Equivalent'' would be other translations of ~

Context could inform but I am pretty sure of the mathematical useage.

 

[sissy kathy]

I do apologize if anyone is bothered with the subject.
The interpretation you suggest would not make sense in the context of the story. PM if you want more info on that , or as you suggest we could talk in the lobby.

The author is Kerry Nietz and he also wrote "Amish Vampires in Space." How could that not be a good book?


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I just got a copy of the book. He's in the left and just got punished by the husband. But my Nook just died, gotta get it charged. Now I'm railed. This is why I prefer paper, it doesn't need charging.

 

[Oddly]

The author is Kerry Nietz and he also wrote "Amish Vampires in Space." How could that not be a good book?


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Now that's a great book title!!!
Ordering as we speak...
and ignoring this thread until I've read it as @sissy kathy seems prone to spoilers.

 

[hrodbert696]

Maybe it's future math we haven't invented yet!

 

[mellowinman]

A farmer counted 196 cows in 
the field. But when he rounded them up, he had 200.

 

[buldog5151bass]

I do apologize if anyone is bothered with the subject.
The interpretation you suggest would not make sense in the context of the story. PM if you want more info on that , or as you suggest we could talk in the lobby.

The author is Kerry Nietz and he also wrote "Amish Vampires in Space." How could that not be a good book?


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Amish Veampires in Space? Perhaps you should un-retire...

 

[Jim Nazium]

A^3 is generally understood as "A" cubed. That squiggly line (~) means about, or approximately. Other than that I have no idea, I would interpret A~A^3 to mean A = 1.

A=0 is also a solution.

 

[ptg]

Is the author alive? Contact him!

 

[slobake]

Is the author alive? Contact him!

Good idea. Most authors like getting questions like that.

 

[shadowtippy]

Good idea. Most authors like getting questions like that.

You could also ask him if he knows where ZenG is.

 

[sissy kathy]

Good idea. Most authors like getting questions like that.

Unless you have finished the book, I'd hold off on that question. I have a feeling it will get answered.

 

[JRA]

"Amish Vampires in Space." How could that not be a good book?

But when he rounded them up, he had 200.

You could also ask him if he knows where ZenG is.

really? is he missing?

 

[12BitSlab]

The squiggle line means "approximately equal to".

Regarding A3, the 3 is a subscript -- not a superscript. As such, it means the 3rd element is the set of A{}.

Note: CS people would say that it represents the 4th element, but mathematicians start subscripts at 1 -- not 0.