postfix notation

mathematical notation in which every operator follows all of its operands
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postfix notation
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postfix notation

Summary

postfix notation ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,488 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • postfix notation is credited with the discovery of Jan Łukasiewicz[2].
  • postfix notation is credited with the discovery of Charles Leonard Hamblin[3].
  • postfix notation's image is recorded as Postfix-dia.svg[4].
  • postfix notation's image is recorded as 'Enter' key of RPN mathematic notation (a calculation system) on HP-32SII Hewlett-Packard pocket calculator.jpg[5].
  • postfix notation's subclass of is recorded as common operator notation[6].
  • postfix notation's Commons category is recorded as Reverse Polish notation[7].
  • postfix notation's opposite of is recorded as prefix notation[8].
  • postfix notation's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1924-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • postfix notation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06lwb[10].
  • postfix notation's described at URL is recorded as https://www.hpmuseum.org/rpn.htm[11].
  • postfix notation's described by source is recorded as RPS[12].
  • postfix notation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/postfix-notation[13].
  • postfix notation's used by is recorded as scientific calculator[14].
  • postfix notation's used by is recorded as programmable calculator[15].
  • postfix notation's used by is recorded as Z3[16].
  • postfix notation's used by is recorded as Z4[17].
  • postfix notation's used by is recorded as Hewlett-Packard 9100A[18].
  • postfix notation's MathWorld ID is recorded as ReversePolishNotation[19].
  • postfix notation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Reverse-Polish-Notation[20].
  • postfix notation's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i72306[21].
  • postfix notation's P6009 is recorded as 9194[22].
  • postfix notation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • postfix notation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 76481851[24].
  • postfix notation's PlanetMath ID is recorded as ReversePolishNotation[25].
  • postfix notation's Lex ID is recorded as omvendt_polsk_notation[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Jan Łukasiewicz[2], a mathematician[27], 1878–1956[28], of Austria–Hungary[29], awarded the Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta[30], specialised in logic[31] and Charles Leonard Hamblin[3], a computer scientist[32], 1922–1985[33], of Australia[34].

Why It Matters

postfix notation ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,488 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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