Talk:Tarski's high school algebra problem

Latex or wiki markup
I'm all for using wiki markup when possible, but I think latex has to be used for Wilkie's identity for clarities sake. The markup version looks like:
 * ((1 + x)y + (1 + x + x2)y)x · ((1 + x3)x + (1 + x2 + x4)x)y
 * = ((1 + x)x + (1 + x + x2)x)y · ((1 + x3)y + (1 + x2 + x4)y)x

compared to:
 * $$\begin{align}&\left((1+x)^y+(1+x+x^2)^y\right)^x\cdot\left((1+x^3)^x+(1+x^2+x^4)^x\right)^y\\&\quad=\left((1+x)^x+(1+x+x^2)^x\right)^y\cdot\left((1+x^3)^y+(1+x^2+x^4)^y\right)^x.\end{align}$$

Chenxlee (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)