IMHO the mathematical language is an impediment for learning math for exactly this reason. It's chock full of cryptic symbols with no obvious meaning that make it incomprehensible to anyone who has not taken years to learn it and also surprisingly difficult to enter into a computer. Math is hard to read because quill pens were difficult to use and much of the syntax was made up on the spot by people who were better at thinking mathematically than communicating ideas. But so many people have spent the effort to learn it that nobody wants to create a "dumbed down" version that a layman might understand.
It is kind of like everyone in the 60s decided that APL was the one true computer language and all interest in other languages died off entirely and when anybody complains about the syntax they are told that they just need to go to school for 4 years and they'll appreciate the beauty.
It is kind of like everyone in the 60s decided that APL was the one true computer language and all interest in other languages died off entirely and when anybody complains about the syntax they are told that they just need to go to school for 4 years and they'll appreciate the beauty.