I encourage my students to use what I call "Fortran Notation" since
they should be able to recognize it and it is easier on the typewriter.
Your student might not have learned that 2E3 is not 8 if he hadn't
the opportunity to err in your class....
Bob Curtis
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Robert Kern Curtis Hackensack, New Jersey
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