math-out

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

math-out
 n.

   [poss. from `white-out' (the blizzard variety)] A paper or
   presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation
   as to be incomprehensible. This may be a device for concealing the
   fact that it is actually {content-free}. See also {numbers}, {social
   science number}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

math-out

   (Possibly from "white-out", the blizzard variety) A paper or
   presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal
   notation as to be incomprehensible.  This may be a device for
   concealing the fact that it is actually {content-free}.

   See also {numbers}, {social science number}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-14)

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