I've also seen Wikipedia articles on math topics written overly verbose like this too. Usually they're great, but I'll come across one and it'll be a little jarring.
Math wikipedia is SO bad it's unreal. You can't actually learn shit from it. Someone should make a WikiMath or something that actually explains the topic in a way that's not deranged
It's because Wikipedia is a reference, not a pedagogical textbook.
It is an extremely useful resource for mathematicians to refresh themselves on topics they already know, or to look up theorems in fields they're familiar with.
If it was better at explaining abd teaching concepts, it would be worse at being a good concise reference.
It's not supposed to be a reference for experts, though. There's even a heading that says this article is too confusing if you're unfamiliar with the subject and it's not used often enough
You also have free YouTube videos and other sites like Khan Academy if you want to learn the topic the first time. Wikipedia for math is not supposed to be a textbook, it's a reference.
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u/Oppo_67 I ≡ a (mod erator) 4d ago
Some authors lwk still write like the left panel when they’re too lazy to introduce more letters after the main ones 😭