I say it too often because I feel it too often. Conventional mathematical language overcomplicates math. I was relearning the language of exponentiation and logarithms today. These are merely inverse ("opposite") functions. Here's a teardown.
\[\begin{bmatrix}aˆb = c\end{bmatrix}\]Where
- a \(\equiv\) "base"
- b \(\equiv\) "index" or "power"
- c \(\equiv\) "a to the b-th power"
\[\begin{bmatrix}\log_a c = b\end{bmatrix}\]Where
- a \(\equiv\) "base"
- b \(\equiv\) "logarithm-of-c to base-a"
- c \(\equiv\) "a to the b-th power"
Big sigh. So much friction in the language layer.
I want a mathematical morphology that is Pythonesque, one way to write anything, and it makes the most sense. Can we have such a revolution? It might make math a lot more popular. I'm almost sure it would increase the acceleration of quantitative literacy in the human race.
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