Re:The pitfalls of jargon and the damage it does to mathematics
by cyrus_ on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @05:31PM
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Without jargon, it would be roughly impossible to talk about compound mathematical structures. But I certainly agree that more exposition and a greater number of worked-out examples are a great help when trying to understand abstract math.
It would also be great to have papers written in a hyperlinked format (after so many years of the web...) so that when you click on a jargon term, you get something like a Wikipedia article about that concept with a few examples and some exposition. Wikipedia itself would be fine with me, though academics might want more official peer review (see Scholarpedia).
It would also be great to have papers written in a hyperlinked format (after so many years of the web...) so that when you click on a jargon term, you get something like a Wikipedia article about that concept with a few examples and some exposition. Wikipedia itself would be fine with me, though academics might want more official peer review (see Scholarpedia).