Re:The Mathematical Hacker
by bmitc on Friday December 23, 2022 @03:01PM
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> Math is programming.
That doesn't make any sense. What do you mean by that?
> I agree it’s been more difficult learning math than programming for myself as well: but that’s because math is geared and targeted for people who like doing symbolic logic by hand.
Mathematics is not about symbolic logic. Mathematics is the study of idealized structures, their properties, and their relationships. Symbols are just a convenient shorthand. They are not the mathematics in and of themselves.
> The fact we don’t have a nice and intuitive way of writing math via a keyboard is proof that these two fields are not on the same page.
What does that have to do with anything? Although LaTeX and the like are pretty decent at it, there's a lot of things we can't do easily via a keyboard. Why is that a constraint on anything or relevant?
Not trying to be provocative, but I honestly have little idea what you're talking about.
That doesn't make any sense. What do you mean by that?
> I agree it’s been more difficult learning math than programming for myself as well: but that’s because math is geared and targeted for people who like doing symbolic logic by hand.
Mathematics is not about symbolic logic. Mathematics is the study of idealized structures, their properties, and their relationships. Symbols are just a convenient shorthand. They are not the mathematics in and of themselves.
> The fact we don’t have a nice and intuitive way of writing math via a keyboard is proof that these two fields are not on the same page.
What does that have to do with anything? Although LaTeX and the like are pretty decent at it, there's a lot of things we can't do easily via a keyboard. Why is that a constraint on anything or relevant?
Not trying to be provocative, but I honestly have little idea what you're talking about.