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And so it is.

edit: I suppose, what I'm trying to get at, perhaps too glibly, is that audience matters terribly much in mathematical writing. In the same way that Latin students don't start with Tacitus or Sallust, famous for their idiosyncratic grammar, math students shouldn't jump into the full context-dependent mess of the notation that experienced mathematicians use.

But I think we often thrown them in unintentionally because we're so used to it.



You used too little context when arguing with an audience who isn't used to that style of writing...




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