Talk:Difference of two squares

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Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. Geometry guy 21:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Markup

The math markup is currently in "b − a" (''b'' − ''a'') format, instead of "b − a" (<math>b-a</math>) format, because the latter fails to render properly. See bug 8373. grendel|khan 23:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DOTS disambig?

Could someone create a disambiguation page that also links DOTS here. I've seen DOTS as an abbreviation for this. [1] and [2]. However, there's another page that has DOTS as a redirect. I was just unsure how to do this. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Talk to Me)} 23:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I'm not sure if the sum of two squares should also be added to this page. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Talk to Me)} 01:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarifying the illustration

Many students would find it helpful to be told more of the relationship between the equations and the illustration.

The geometric illustration does not point out that the two rectangles represent (a-b)b. A better account of the picture would vastly help some people understand the whole article.

(a-b)b + (a-b)(a-b) + (a-b)b =

ab-b^2 + (a^2 - 2ab + b^2) + ab - b^2 =

(a^2 - b^2)

A more explicit connection between the text and illustrations could help readers of wikipedia.(After all, mathematical prodigies don't need it in the first place) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.53.140.155 (talk) 06:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)