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I also thought it was kind of a dick move to wait until the end to admit that he didn't understand the symbols in principia_1b1.jpg. This is actually a pet peev

I also thought it was kind of a dick move to wait until the end to admit that he didn't understand the symbols in principia_1b1.jpg. This is actually a pet peeve of mine in mathematics writing in general, introducing ambiguity and not resolving it until several pages or paragraphs later. It's really alienating. =(

ionfish 16y ago
Clearly he should have read the SEP entry on this very subject, 'The Notation in Principia Mathematica'. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pm-notation/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pm-notation/