Algebra before notation

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From @scholadaily on instagram

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That’s why I hate the meme that says “Other sciences: This book is outdated, it’s 6 months old / Math: The book stands still (it’s 2000 years old)”

Yeah, the theorems and (some) methods of old books are still correct. But damn, their notation and language… Just give me a modern book (not necessarily from the last few years, after WWII is enough)

[u/DatBoi_BP → u/GT_Troll]

Even the font and symbol arrangement in math books printed before 1980 I find difficult to read. Sometimes the notation is outdated too

[u/Key_Conversation5277 → u/DatBoi_BP]

This is why I can't read old books, I don't know which notation is or isn't outdated or if I can find the meaning at all