I’m sure some math grad could understand this but like nah this shit above my pay grade.
Ok I’m not being paid at all, but still …
I’m sure some math grad could understand this but like nah this shit above my pay grade.
Ok I’m not being paid at all, but still …
Yeah that’s a fairly common problem with math heavy Wikipedia articles. I’ve seen it discussed on Wikipedia discussion pages a few times. Of course the subject matter is often inaccessible to begin with but then those math explanations are often considerably harder to follow then text books which seems unnecessary.
As it appears most people writing articles on Wikipedia are trying very hard to look clever
I give the authors the benefit of the doubt and would say they just lack the necessary skill or coordination to explain and structure the articles better.
Text books have the advantage that they are made by small teams with teaching experience. So they know better how to structure things for learning and they have an easier time sticking to a consistent form.
Of course there is also some amount of refusal to accept improvements.
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