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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