A similar quote from A.N. Whitehad: "By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and,

A similar quote from A.N. Whitehad: "By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and, in effect, increases the mental power of the race." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whitehead/quotations/ https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whitehead/...