2015年1月14日 · 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 …

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Here's a not too well-known instance of the use of $\varepsilon$ in mathematics: One somewhat well-known transformation for accelerating the convergence of a sequence is the Shanks …

2010年10月25日 · Now that we have our axioms and undefined terms we can form some main definitions for what we want to work with. After we defined some stuff we can write down some …

You will often see the terms in a general sum referred to as "addends" or "summands". Your suggestion regarding subtraction/division as compared to addition/mulipilication is as good as …

2015年10月20日 · Literally speaking, terms are the pieces that compose an expression. So in the expression $8x^2-8x$, $8x^2$ and $8x$ are terms combined by the subtraction function. So in …

2019年8月20日 · $\begingroup$ The first two are about latin-based terms used in contemporary math. The third is a generic Latin dictionary, and the fourth is about the general history of …

Does anyone know of a list of math terms that have (slightly) different meanings in different countries? For example, "positive" could mean $\geq 0 $ in some places, and "strictly positive" …

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Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their …