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I've long felt that our mathematics articles need some improvements to make them more accessible to the layperson without giving up any mathematical rigor. While I felt this I haven't done anything about it until now. I'm going to try with the very baby step. I think this article generally starts out great, but when I get to one section I thought it could be improved. I won't write out my entire rationale here, but it may be worth glancing at [[User:Sphilbrick/Mathematics articles]] if you don't think my proposal is an improvement. <!--Template:Undated--><small class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 20:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: While I appreciate your intentions, I don't think it's very helpful to elaborate on such a trivial topic as polynomial addition. Seeing as you have a degree in mathematics, perhaps you could focus more on the more intricate passages of the text itself rather than simple formulas which are quite easy to follow. A bit further in the Arithmetic section, the discussion of division could use some improvement, e.g. there is no explanation of the last formula for complex numbers: <math>5(x - 1)\left(x + \frac{1 + i\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)\left(x + \frac{1 - i\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)</math>. This is arguably much less accessible to the layperson than the addition example as it was before. --[[Special:Contributions/147.229.196.135|147.229.196.135]] ([[User talk:147.229.196.135|talk]]) 01:01, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
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