The Marksmith AU

The notation that became unreadable

You write it quickly, because it is only notation.

The structure lives in the symbols. Make $I_n$ and $I_{n-1}$ visibly different, bracket the whole general term inside a sum, and read $\tan^{-1}$ as inverse tangent, never a reciprocal.

Next time: Subscripts large, brackets around every general term.

Try it: Work one on a block