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It's funny how many complex ideas are "just" simpler ideas mapped to the right sequence of steps. The jargon and naming conventions can obscure the idea from ou
by robbedpeter 5y ago
It's funny how many complex ideas are "just" simpler ideas mapped to the right sequence of steps. The jargon and naming conventions can obscure the idea from outsiders, but allows for brief and accurate communication. If they'd explained the idea Barney-style, they'd have needed twice as many pages.
Thanks for the breakdown, it makes the paper more accessible.
- sorokod 5y agoWell a simpler idea is in way like the initial guess for Newton-Raphson. Sometimes you get convergence and sometimes you don't
- whatshisface 5y agoEvery idea in math is like that, because the rules of math are to do everything in little steps.
- tubby12345 5y agoMath is about formalizing "simple ideas" so that they can be reasoned about exactly.