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> Wikipedia is a great reference when you know the subject well enough. Some math pages on Wikipedia are great. Some are... horrid. A while back (2017?) I coul
by exmadscientist 6y ago
> Wikipedia is a great reference when you know the subject well enough.
Some math pages on Wikipedia are great. Some are... horrid. A while back (2017?) I couldn't remember the terms in the Taylor expansion of sqrt(x), so I went to Wikipedia. The article was one of the most jumbled mishmashes I'd ever tried to read. But, even though I'm qualified to fix it, I didn't dare wade into Wikipedia politics. The rewrite would have taken a while (it's a long article), but I can't even imagine how long shoving it through would have taken!