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Comment by catlifeonmars

9 hours ago

In math, you usually need to prove said simplifications. So just memorizing is not enough. As you get more advanced, you then start swapping out axioms.

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Jensson  5 hours ago

In programming the simplifications has to be correct even if you don't prove them, and being correct isn't that easy.

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