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Polish notation

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  • noun arithmetic, logic A notation for arithmetic (and logical) formulae in which operations (respectively, quantifiers and operands) are written immediately before their operands, used to avoid the need for parentheses; for example, 3 * (4 + 7) is written as * 3 + 4 7 and A AND B is written as AND A B.

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  • noun a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands

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After the nationality of the logician Jan Łukasiewicz

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