As a bit of a mathematician (well... "studied theoretical math" would be more accurate), mathematics would not function without those names. And no, Lojban woul

As a bit of a mathematician (well... "studied theoretical math" would be more accurate), mathematics would not function without those names. And no, Lojban would not help. In math you build abstractions on top of abstractions on top of abstractions on top of abstractions to the point where you a single word can carry so much meaning you may need years of study and a whole shelf of books dedicated to the subject just to understand it in its entirety. Unwinding whole meaning of the term would be absolutely impractical. No, we don't need Lojban. Shorthands are making it easier to work with math, not harder. If you are newbie and you want to understand any of it I can assure you, the complete description of the term without using any abstraction would be completely meaningless to you anyway. Slowly learning those abstractions and building up to what you want to understand is still the best, easiest way.