Mathematical writing historically underwent an innovation when proofs began to be written with explicit enumerated logical claims and instructions, allowing readers to track dependencies between claims and verify reasoning structure.
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“and there's a big innovation in the writing of papers when they started writing proofs and sort of like number sets of claims you know and saying like you know like some sort of instruction on these things right um but even though proofs don't have sort of a ability to sort of like uh scan a logical structure”
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Sketch on Concepts of Structuring Knowledge - (Roam Internal Training Video)— Conor White-SullivanCreated: 8/13/2026, 7:46:12 AM
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