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Comment by umvi

No, the problem with mathematics is that it is basically its own language separate from your native tongue. You have to learn dozens of symbols and greek letters and such and memorize what their meaning is in the context of mathematics in order to "follow" a mathematical conversation.

Mathematics would be much more approachable if it just used plain English like `sum(0, Infinity, my_func)` instead of a big Greek sigma with nested function nomenclature. But on the flip side, mathematics being its own language means that a mathematician from any country can read and understand mathematics from a different country without needing to translate words such as "sum" and "infinity"

parent umvi 3 months ago

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