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> I have a lot to say about notation in math, but this isn't the forum. There are a lot of crimes committed, agreed, but some of the things people pick out are
by wcarey 6y ago
> I have a lot to say about notation in math, but this isn't the forum. There are a lot of crimes committed, agreed, but some of the things people pick out are only bad because they don't know the context where they redeem themselves.
Indeed - I wish we could conceal those notations until the redemptive context became more apparent, in the same way that Latin teachers can conceal Sallust's inconcinitas until students are ready for it.