• Venator@lemmy.nz
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      3 days 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…

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        That doesn’t prove it isn’t a language. Many concepts are untranslatable between languages. Formal languages exist which are only able to express things within their formal domain. Etc!

        Modern mathematicians use a common symbolic system to communicate mathematical ideas that is more a language than it is not a language. In fact I think it’s entirely a language.

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          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