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I got the same feeling while I was still in university. I mean if the mathematical notation would at least make it more concise, because there are definitely co
by Joe-Z 9y ago
I got the same feeling while I was still in university. I mean if the mathematical notation would at least make it more concise, because there are definitely computations which are easier explained using this notation.
But more often than not I look at papers, where I know what they were doing and how and just have to ask myself: Why would you go through the work of translating what you did back into formulas, which bring exactly zero benefit and are harder to understand than the code you wrote?!
- jmkirby 9y agoI'm old enough to have never been tested for dyslexia, because I scored high in average tests.. But come high school years, or in British sixth form studying for"A levels", I scored in the top decile for my class and for Applied Math, but the bottom dectile for Pure Math. I think you can make a very good argument that math notation is not doing the potentially career changing job it could be doing, by not expanding the keys. Darn, even a key table index alongside would be night and day better. Edit - didn't remember the length of my comment after coming back to it after a break, so culled the excess. The punchline was that when we got a new young and enthusiastic Pure tutor, who was French, so he in true anger would explain to us in great eloquent depth, my marks equalized in two semesters. There's surely something like a formal study of students to show if comprehension is the main reason math is hard?
- hyeonwho3 9y agoAt the level of arithmetic, there are studies of children performing math in the marketplace, but then being unable to do the same calculation on paper. So translation from notation to reality (and back) is probably a significant barrier to success in math.