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Can you give an example of a piece of math notation that you think could be improved? Maths is more like a human language - the writing necessarily does not co
by jpallen 14y ago
Can you give an example of a piece of math notation that you think could be improved?
Maths is more like a human language - the writing necessarily does not contain a complete picture, just like a book can never unambiguously describe a scene. This is what sets it apart from the computer programs you have compared it with since a computer program is a complete, unambiguous definition of the thing it is describing.
All that math notation does is give us a language that sits somewhere between description and precision to let us talk about concepts that are very hard to formulate in natural language.
If it was made completely precise too much would be lost. Context is everything, and sometimes that requires you to understand the previous work in the field. I don't see a way around that.
- erichocean 14y agoPlease see my reply to tome below.