[noob] Questions about mathematical signs...

[Lou Pecora]

In article <v0wNd.104851$Jk5.6276 at lakeread01>,
 Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> > 2. Inputing fractions like (a / b) + (c / d), It's tiring work too.
> >    Can it be simplified?

Can't this just be written as   a/b+c/d ?  How much simpler can it get?  
I would think you need at least one symbol per operation (ignoring 
possible algebraic simplifications and transformations for some 
expressions).

-- Lou Pecora  (my views are my own)