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Which of the following sentences regarding the calculation of something should be preferred?
Moreover, is any of them particularly incorrect?
As a matter of style, I would write "The calculation of the result through the use of this equation". Alternatively I would suggest by the use of.
The correctness of choosing by, by means of, through, or from depend on whether this equation is thought of as a tool, a route to a result, or a process that generates a result. The choice of the phrase through the use of avoids any ambiguity about the nature of equation because it is equally applicable to all of those meanings.
Although not incorrect, probably none of those sentences is common in mathematics. More common choices are:
How about, "solving this equation," or "calculating the result of this equation," or "the calculation of the solution to this equation?"
