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envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131719 Archived-At: > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 6:06 PM > From: "Marcin Borkowski" > To: "Emanuel Berg" > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Quote by Knuth > > > On 2021-07-15, at 00:53, Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs t= ext editor wrote: > > > But without the symbolic notation it isn't really math, is it, > > because the natural language, no matter how careful one is, > > can still be misinterpreted, interpreted in several ways, it > > can be translated, made fun of ... > > Interesting, but false. What Greeks did was most certainly mathematics > even if they had little to none symbolism. We don't do greek mathematics anymore. It was mainly geometric, which bec= ame an ingrained technique that stall development until Liebniz introduced som= e useful notation. Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics needs compact notation. Inverse Estimat= ion is another example. > Also, there's plenty of room for misinterpretation in some mathematical > notations (multivariate analysis comes to mind). That is also true, development good notation that helps is a difficult par= t when doing mathematics. > Best, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski > http://mbork.pl > >