I don't understand why this is down-voted. This is probably pretty perplexing to the lay-person. When a mathematician writes "relatively little mathematical bac

I don't understand why this is down-voted. This is probably pretty perplexing to the lay-person. When a mathematician writes "relatively little mathematical background," what that constitutes from their perspective is probably radically different from what a lay-person considers to be "relatively little mathematical background" When I see "minimal mathematical background" or the like, I usually think: "Understands basic set theory, the concept of a function, and has familiarity with basic proof structures" When I see "mathematical maturity", I think "Understands, real analysis, abstract algebra, and topology." Hope that helps.