Example 1:
Everything should be made as simple as it is
possible to make it without losing its
essential functionality. For example the
fraction 20/60 can be simplified to 2/6, or
further simplified to 1/3 without losing its
meaning, and this should be done… but it cannot be further "simplified" to 13.
Example 2:
In a mathematical sense, simplification is
used to take a complex expression to make
it more easily read and understood (and
indeed remembered). This process maintains
all the complexity of the initial statement but in a simplified, more manageable state.
But to make simpler is to sacrifice that
complexity and results in an expression that
is now compromised, something has been
'lost in translation' and along with it the
validity of the expression. I hope that makes sense.
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