From the article How to Read Mathematics [0], that kind of statement "is a signal to the reader that what's involved here is perhaps tedious and even difficult,

From the article How to Read Mathematics [0], that kind of statement "is a signal to the reader that what's involved here is perhaps tedious and even difficult, but involves no deep insights." [0] http://web.stonehill.edu/compsci/History_Math/math-read.htm http://web.stonehill.edu/compsci/History_Math/math-read.htm HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14232977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14232977