Disciplines in mathematics assume you're familiar with that discipline's shorthand, constants and common forms. Also, you're not expected to read them as you're able to read a book. If it's 100% your niche specialty then maybe you could, but spending and hour or two puzzling out a broad understanding of a paper is absolutely normal, even for math academics.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago

Relevant

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They start by make sure you're primed to feel stupid if you don't understand it?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It can feel like that, though I'm sure it's (mostly) not deliberate. Also the sudden jump from straightforward to incomprehensible, accompanied by a comment from the author along the lines of "well duh"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Don't forget something like "As my book focuses on explaining concepts to normal people in simple manner, I will only include simple math."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Every Wikipedia page on a mathematical concept as well