"The same half hour in a math article buys you 0-10 lines depending on the article and how experienced you are at reading mathematics"
I'm still reading though the article, but this might be the most important bit of information for anyone getting started reading papers that rely on maths. I wish someone had told me this when I started in with the more complex comp-sci papers because it's hard not to feel dense when you have to go over the same 3 or 4 pages of text time and time again to get the concepts.
Yeah, especially if you’re already a fast reader, it’s frustrating at first to have to drop to what feels like a snail’s pace to properly understand everything. But the information density is a real life-saver once you’re more experienced, because it lets you readily experiment with things at that high level, unencumbered.
I'm still reading though the article, but this might be the most important bit of information for anyone getting started reading papers that rely on maths. I wish someone had told me this when I started in with the more complex comp-sci papers because it's hard not to feel dense when you have to go over the same 3 or 4 pages of text time and time again to get the concepts.