Re: Another question on Grothendieck

[Vaughan Pratt <pratt@cs.stanford.edu>]

All I am saying is that one need not read Galois in order to learn
Galois theory.  When a new idea is introduced, even if it is not
explained so clearly that everyone understands it right away, as long as
someone understands it and can rephrase it in a helpful way, the impact
of the idea has been not only felt but disseminated.  Dissemination is
not always a single step.

Vaughan

On 9/3/2010 6:03 PM, Eduardo J. Dubuc wrote:
> I confess that I am a little bit confused about what Vaughan is saying.
>
> This promps me to repeat my posting in other words:
>
> If a mathematical statement is understood by a reader (the hypotesis,
> the conclusion and the proof)
>
> then the mathematical meaning of any particular notation used should
> come up by itself to this reader (that is, it should be clear for him
> that only one possible meaning for this particular notation would make
> the things work).
>
> Eduardo
>
>

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