Comment by justinnk
13 hours ago
I found many of the things are clearly defined after the sentence „Here are the terms we’ll use throughout.“ right at the beginning (e.g. M, d_k, d_v).
13 hours ago
I found many of the things are clearly defined after the sentence „Here are the terms we’ll use throughout.“ right at the beginning (e.g. M, d_k, d_v).
Where he does NOT state what d_k or R^d_k mean and there are countless other examples. I happen to know because of classes I took, but it's insane and obnoxious to assume that every reader did or went through any higher education at all. This is not high school math. It's not terribly complicated either, making this situation even more frustrating. The author could have spent just a little extra effort explaining these things to multiply his target audience - but he's either incapable to think from a different POV or pandering to his peers by not wasting time defining "the obvious". Pure academic blindness on full display here.