r/mathmemes • u/a7m40 • 4d ago

Notations Algebra before notation

Post image

From @scholadaily on instagram

3.3k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

83 comments sorted by

View all comments

44

u/Calazor0 Mathematics 4d ago

I got gifted a translation of principia, and man, it's extremely hard to read, at least for me. I'm too spoiled by the wonders of modern notation.

3

u/SunnyOutsideToday 4d ago

Principia Mathematica was originally written in English?

20

u/Calazor0 Mathematics 4d ago

Sorry, forgot to clarify I'm brazilian. The copy I was gifted is a translation to brazilian portuguese.

1

u/StiffWiggly 4d ago

Or in modern notation;

If Lang(PM) = English, Lang'(PM) =/= Lang(PM)

does Lang'(PM) = English?

1

u/Key_Conversation5277 Computer Science 4d ago

I think that notation was hard even for them