> I think mathematicians — similar to the people who didn't let themselves be scared away by zeroes, ones and babylonian letters — have become fluid at a system that they now defend, because they are the initiated magicians who understand it.
No, there is no elitism behind. Mathematical notation exists because it is the most compact form that also contains no ambiguity.
There is plenty of plain english explanation of all of mathematics, that is used to understand the concepts, but to represent them, you use math notation.
> Mathematical notation exists because it is the most compact form that also contains no ambiguity.
Citation needed. My experience thus far trying to read pretty much anything written by a mathematician involves googling a LOT of symbols, all of which have many many many many meanings depending on context.
If any of that were actually true, postfix/revers polish notation would be more popular. Math has it's own languages with all the same problems every language has.
No, there is no elitism behind. Mathematical notation exists because it is the most compact form that also contains no ambiguity.
There is plenty of plain english explanation of all of mathematics, that is used to understand the concepts, but to represent them, you use math notation.