I'm sorry to reply with merely an anecdote but I hate the notation used in maths. I was trying to read a book on algorithms some years back and it took me forev

I'm sorry to reply with merely an anecdote but I hate the notation used in maths. I was trying to read a book on algorithms some years back and it took me forever to work out that a diamondy looking dot can also mean multiplication. How does one even search this stuff on Google?