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mprezzy January 24, 2020

1976 Mathematicians/Some mathematicians at that time...

I am wondering why in this section of the passage, when it says: In 1976, however that was not the case. Some mathematicians at that time.... Why the second qualifier statement is considered: some mathematicians at that time, is not mathematicians of 1976? I understand why not MT but can't figure out why some at that time means: Mathematicians of today...

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Ravi January 24, 2020

@mprezzy,

Let's take a look.

Naz wrote "some mathematicians at that time" as /MT because she wanted
to keep the variables constant. You're rightâ€”the mathematicians
referred to in that statement are some mathematicians in 1976.

We know that a mathematician in 1976 IS NOT a present-day
mathematicians, so that's why we can write that variable as /MT. You
could have also written it as M1976 or something like that, but it's
easier if we keep the variables consistent as Naz did.

Does that make sense? Let me know if you have any other questions!