aviisu OP t1_iro0trj wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Reply to comment by picardythird in [D] What kind of mental framework/thought process the researchers have when working on solving/proving the math of the new algorithms? by aviisu

thank for your insight. Indeed, I genuinely don't understand people who intentionally put a bunch of complex maths in the paper instead of trying to guide with intuition and make the paper more accessible. But then again I heard it will get accepted easier so...

master3243 t1_irq9k6g wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:31 AM

That's just how math is done in research. If you don't like that then you'll hate, even more, pure math papers where they start with a theorem then show steps to end up with a true statement that is the theorem.

The intuition behind how the author came up with that path of thinking to come up with the final theorem is left (justifiably) entirely in the authors scratch paper or notebooks.

Some authors do give out insight onto the steps they took or their general intuition which is always nice, but not a requirement.

It's also worth mentioning that a lot of us like doing research but don't like writing research papers (as that is just a necessity due to humans lacking telepathic communication) so giving out more info is an optional step in a disliked process which makes sense why it's skipped.