Michael Kinyon on Nostr: A mathematician uses first person plural in proofs to suggest to the reader that they ...
A mathematician uses first person plural in proofs to suggest to the reader that they are on a journey together. This is not dissimilar to Virgil guiding Dante through the Inferno.
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