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> ideas can sometimes be obfuscated by abstruse mathematical formalism

They are trying to communicate with other researchers who actually care that the proofs are correct. Maybe you don't, if you're simply trying to reimplement some algorithm, but criticizing research papers for using mathematical formalism is a bit ridiculous.

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You might be dealing with mathematical informalism, inconsistent and idiosyncratic notation which is never truly explained anywhere.

Having both mathematical notation and prose can help uncover gaps in understanding and works much better as a system of organising human knowledge.

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