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That’s my point.

symbols and names are merely suggestive mnemonic devices. They can’t ever specify actual behaviors.

Accept it and supplement with English. That’s what math does. You have to read the context.

> optimized to tersness

That is a form of readability. If you think there is a conflict you need to explain mathematicians wouldn’t care about readability.




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