Full Idea
Are there mathematical properties which can only be discovered using a particular notation?
Gist of Idea
Does some mathematics depend entirely on notation?
Source
James Robert Brown (Philosophy of Mathematics [1999], Ch. 6)
Book Reference
Brown,James Robert: 'Philosophy of Mathematics' [Routledge 2002], p.89
A Reaction
If so, this would seem to be a serious difficulty for platonists. Brown has just been exploring the mathematical theory of knots.