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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the amount of math topics covered in some detail on wikipedia is genuinely sort of staggering.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just wish their math articles were more comprehensible to normie dummies like me

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

don't feel bad, i have a degree in that shit and a lot of is incomprehensible to me.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

throwback to my 10 year old self reading the article on complex numbers over and over trying to understand even 3% of it, all because I heard about them in passing and it sounded interesting

[–] Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think even for people that have studied a fair bit of math a lot of it is difficult to parse. Which I guess is fair. An encyclopedia is meant to be a reference and summary of knowledge, not necessarily a teaching tool. I think it still makes an alright guidepost for something, which I can then use to find learning materials.