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Because the symbols' translation to English words changes on context, culture, and even author. It's like trying to translate the word "rain" only by hearing it
by jordigh 8y ago
Because the symbols' translation to English words changes on context, culture, and even author. It's like trying to translate the word "rain" only by hearing it without having the context if it really meant "reign" or "rein". With some mathematical training, you don't really need the symbols to know what's being talked about, because you already have enough context to know what should be talked about and what fits into the context, regardless of how it's written down.
Anyway are symbols really the main obstacle for you? When you read "every second countable regular Hausdorff space is metrizable" (theorem 59 in this paper), you have no problem understanding what this means?
- dclowd9901 8y agoFair point, but you know very well that, for true illustration, you'd have to expand out the meaning of the words "countable", "regular", "Hausdorff", "space" and "metrizable". And I bet you could. I get the sense you're being obstinate for a point.
- jordigh 8y agoAnd don't forget the word "second". I'd have to explain that one too. And then I'd have to explain the words I used to explain these words. It all just takes a while. I might be able to do it, but we'd both need to spend some time understanding all of this together, going back and forth, considering examples, and building the foundations.