I’m not sure I understand what the point of this is.
If I’m reading academic papers on a particular topic then I already know the notation the math is written in.
If I’m reading a paper outside of my field then I’m not really interested in the details of the equation but more of its application and what it means.
> If I’m reading a paper outside of my field then I’m not really interested in the details of the equation but more of its application and what it means.
This is fine, until you find the application interesting, and try to apply it. I've had to contact authors just to figure out which one of several parameters a, b, c, or d actually represented. To be fair, these came with apologies.
Welp, you might be a special case. When I'm reading papers outside of my field its because I'm looking for understanding. Annotated equations in this fashion seem real neat for that purpose.
If I’m reading academic papers on a particular topic then I already know the notation the math is written in.
If I’m reading a paper outside of my field then I’m not really interested in the details of the equation but more of its application and what it means.