Jan 14, 2015 · From time to time, I come across some unusual mathematical terms. I know something about strange attractors. I also know what Witch of Agnesi is. However, what prompted me to write …

Mar 12, 2025 · It consists of a set of primitive or undefined terms (including point, line and plane); a set of relations between or statements about those terms, which are assumed to be true (the axioms of …

Mar 18, 2011 · For future reference, the table of mathematical symbols at wikipedia is fairly extensive and has a number of further references.

The the pharase "in terms of" confuses me too but what I have understood so far (and it works for me) is that, whenever I read the pharas like: Express A in terms of B I tell my mind to assume that B is an …

Feb 14, 2015 · I've heard all these terms thrown about in proofs and in geometry, but what are the differences and relationships between them? Examples would be awesome! :)

Taking the maximal number amongst the parameters. $\max\ {x_1,x_2\} = \cases {x_1, \text {if }x_1 > x_2\\x_2, \text {otherwise}}$ You can define like that the maximum of any finitely many elements. …

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1 We adopted the terms, 'characteristic' and 'mantissa' to label the numbers before and after decimal points from Euler. It is not known until Euler used these terms in describing the parts of logarithm in …

Jan 8, 2022 · Generalization by itself is (pretty) useless/uninteresting. What makes the study of vector spaces useful is that they provide us with the vocabulary and framework to systematically study …

Jul 8, 2012 · 11 It is a pity that mathematics (being the most exact of all sciences) has some inexact (non-standardized) terms when it comes to certain cases. The terms operator and function are used …