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I think I know what you mean about symbols but thats because I used to try to read math at normal speed. Actually theres a only small set of common symbols you could pick up in an afternoon and everything else is domain specific and therefore defined in place or needs to be looked up. The real issue is getting the math ideas in your head takes much longer than simply reading an equation, like you might see “e” or log and feel frustrated you don’t remember the symbol, but really the issue that everyone has to deal with is figuring out why that term is there which can take much more brainpower. Im not an expert but learned a lot through Coureras Introduction to Mathematical Thinking.