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Mathematical notation is highly ambiguous. See recent discussion of the alleged proof of the ABC conjecture (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15971802 https

by mrob 9y ago

Mathematical notation is highly ambiguous. See recent discussion of the alleged proof of the ABC conjecture (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15971802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15971802 ). If it was really unambiguous then we could parse it like computer code and decide if it is correct or not without all the controversy about what it really means.

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mikebenfield 9y ago
Well, mathematical notation is written for humans, not computers. With a bit of context, and comparing to human language (not code), it is very much not ambiguous.