• Venator@lemmy.nz
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      10 months ago

      I think the main reason it’s hard to understand is it’s missing context that’s not important to the joke: whatever n is in this context…

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      10 months ago

      it’s not a language, you can’t translate a book into mathematics 

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          10 months ago

          there are a variety of ways to express any mathematical idea… i.e. there are a variety of mathematical languages      

          usually referred to as different notations.      

          even when there are language barriers, a good translator can still express an idea in another language… math is not a language, but you do kinda need to learn another language to understand it