2519	 On the Problem of Communicating Complex Information	 The nature of the difficulty involved in communicating mathematical results between scientists using a computer based information retrieval system is examined. The problem is analyzed in terms of psychological and information-processing processes and what turns out to be a vicious circle of effects is described. These include ways of augmenting written natural language by various notational and linguistic devices the exhibition of the structure inherent in the information we are communicating and a sophisticated interactive system controlled by computer. complex information information communication mathematics proof interactive system language
