Triangle of Power
In math, exponents, logarithms, and roots all circle around the same idea, but the notation for each varies radically. The triangle of power is an alternate notation, ...
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[Subtitles: Bastiaan Cnossen] Usually, I don't think notation in math matters that much. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a bad notation rent as much as the next guy, and there are clearly a few simple changes to our conventions that could speed up learning for math students everywhere. But at the end of the day, notation, good or bad, it's just not the point of math. Even the most carefully designed symbols and syntax will fail to capture the underlying visual that constitutes understanding. So I figure it's better to just spend time focusing on that underlying essence and let the symbols just be what they are in peace. But that said, when unintuitive notation actively stalls the gears of learning this position on the matter hardens up a little bit. In partic...
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[Subtitles: Bastiaan Cnossen] Usually, I don't think notation in math matters that much. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a bad notation rent as much as the next guy, and there are clearly a few simple changes to our conventions that could speed up learning for math students everywhere. But at the end of the day, notation, good or bad, it's just not the point of math. Even the most carefully designed symbols and syntax will fail to capture the underlying visual that constitutes understanding. So I figure it's better to just spend time focusing on that underlying essence and let the symbols just be what they are in peace. But that said, when unintuitive notation actively stalls the gears of learning this position on the matter hardens up a little bit. In partic...
