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Frequency error in scientific notation
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tooki:

--- Quote from: Benta on February 02, 2019, 08:01:30 pm ---Actually, that link is quite good, as it defines a rule that can be understood by anyone:
Texts in English use decimal point.
Texts in French, German, Russian (and other continental European languages) use decimal comma.

What happens in other languages is apparently undefined.

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I wasn’t criticizing the quality of the text! (I agree with you that it’s quite clear.) I was only saying that it did not support tomato’s claim.
Domagoj T:
I always found comma as decimal separator as superior to point since it is more visible. I also find it easier to write than a point when writing fast by hand, or should I say, when writing fast a point often becomes a bit elongated and similar to comma. This can lead to confusion.
As for thousand separator, for me a space is the only acceptable solution. Furthermore I don't think I've ever seen anything other than space on the right side of the decimal separator, but very often number is entirely concatenated.

ISO 31-0 was used for this, but was superseded by ISO 80000-1. Unfortunately it is behind a paywall, but this references the standard and is available:
http://www.ease.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/1-4.pdf
tomato:

--- Quote from: tooki on February 02, 2019, 07:26:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: tomato on February 02, 2019, 07:15:06 pm ---Commas, decimals, and spacers are all acceptable, but the U.S. is in the minority using the decimal.

(Re: 22nd CGPM, section 10)

https://www.bipm.org/jsp/en/ListCGPMResolution.jsp?CGPM=22

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Huh? That text in no way suggests that the point as the decimal is the minority. (The decimal is the separator, whether it’s a comma or point.)

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I did not cite the CGPM as evidence that the U.S. is in the minority; only that commas, dots, and spaces are all accepted conventions.
ahbushnell:
This is interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
ahbushnell:

--- Quote from: ahbushnell on February 05, 2019, 04:28:33 am ---This is interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_80000-2
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