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Math notation is an endlessly interesting subject, but I must say I wasn't very impressed with that idea. If we're going to give up some notation to adopt anot
by davidivadavid 10y ago
Math notation is an endlessly interesting subject, but I must say I wasn't very impressed with that idea.
If we're going to give up some notation to adopt another, it would need to have some serious and obvious advantages.
I waited for that throughout the video. The author consistently seems to assume that what he's saying is "intuitive". It isn't.
Why should I put a particular number in a particular corner of the triangle? How does it help computation? I see triangles being nested within triangles and fusing together according to rules that seem completely arbitrary.
Certainly, using our visual apparatus to help us complete computations without having to think about it can be appealing, but that's probably not the most convincing example.
- baby 10y agoSame here, it confused me more than it should have.
- sixo 10y agoYeah. The notation should ideally have some obvious spatial symmetries/structures that correspond with the symmetries of the operation (sticking a smaller triangle in the corner doesn't LOOK like it cancels out, and it should.)