> even experts will take quite a while to comprehend a document they are not already mostly familiar with Experts don't take time to read notations. They take

> even experts will take quite a while to comprehend a document they are not already mostly familiar with Experts don't take time to read notations. They take time to understand the full scope of consequences embedded in a line composed of such a condensed and readable notation, within the frame of an otherwise complex proof. > Mathematical notation is not readable, no. I beg to differ. You mention the recent possible proof of the ABC conjecture, and I happened to browse through various materials on the subject. While I am far from being able to understand the crux of the proof, I can perfectly read the various components of it. In fact the notation system is so readable it actually helps tremendously in grasping concepts previously unknown to me.