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Math for the Layman (asindu.xyz)
13 points by max_ on Aug 3, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> the development of computer programming has provided languages with grammars that are simpler and more tractable than that of conventional mathematical notation

Not sure about this (I find the conventional notation way more readable), but there are, of course, other notable examples, such as [1] or [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_o...

[2] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/functional-differential-geome...


Paper is two-dimensional, and conventional mathematical notation utilises both of these dimensions. I find mathematical expressions written for computer languages to be more complex to parse and I think a key reason is that the notation is one dimensional




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