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Re:Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics by abdullahkhalids on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:40AM (#30149965)
I don't see anything in that link that is markedly different from math notation used by one math community or the other. Sure, there are difference that are "improvements" in some sense of the word, and I think some of those can be adopted. But nothing major, that will somehow massively reduce the complexity of understanding mathematics by non-experts.
Re:Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics by User23 on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:12PM (#30150516)
> But nothing major, that will somehow massively reduce the complexity of understanding mathematics by non-experts.

To give just one example, when done properly the use of hinting in the multi-line equational proof format will certainly ease the non-expert’s task of following a proof.

Re:Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics by abdullahkhalids on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:44PM (#30151111)
The two-column proof has been a thing in math education for over a century [1]. I have been told by math educators that it is almost universally detested by school students, because of how it restricts their thinking. Nevertheless, it would be useful at the research level to include more of this hinting. But hinting is not a notational issue at all.

[1] https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/4265...

Re:Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics by User23 on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:52PM (#30151289)
The equational and two column proof formats aren’t the same. Perhaps you should read Dijkstra’s monograph’s section on it to understand the differences. And to say they are somehow isomorphic is to miss the point entirely. Sure “x is equal to y” means the same as “x = y”, but even the traditionalists recognize the merits of Recorde’s notational device, even if they fail to follow the greater implications thereof.