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1、17.2.1999/H. V aliaho Pronunciation of mathematical expressions The pronunciations of the most common mathematical expressions are given in the list below. In general, the shortest versions are preferred (unless greater precision is necessary). 1. Logic there exists for all p qp implies q / if p, th
2、en q p qp if and only if q /p is equivalent to q / p and q are equivalent 2. Sets x Ax belongs to A / x is an element (or a member) of A x / Ax does not belong to A / x is not an element (or a member) of A A BA is contained in B / A is a subset of B A BA contains B / B is a subset of A A BA cap B /
3、A meet B / A intersection B A BA cup B / A join B / A union B A B A minus B / the diff erence between A and B A BA cross B / the cartesian product of A and B 3. Real numbers x + 1x plus one x 1x minus one x 1x plus or minus one xyxy / x multiplied by y (x y)(x + y)x minus y, x plus y x y x over y =t
4、he equals sign x = 5x equals 5 / x is equal to 5 x 6= 5x (is) not equal to 5 1 x yx is equivalent to (or identical with) y x 6 yx is not equivalent to (or identical with) y x yx is greater than y x yx is greater than or equal to y x yx is less than y x yx is less than or equal to y 0 x 1zero is less
5、 than x is less than 1 0 x 1zero is less than or equal to x is less than or equal to 1 |x|mod x / modulus x x2x squared / x (raised) to the power 2 x3x cubed x4x to the fourth / x to the power four xnx to the nth / x to the power n xnx to the (power) minus n x (square) root x / the square root of x
6、3 x cube root (of) x 4 x fourth root (of) x n x nth root (of) x (x + y)2x plus y all squared x y 2 x over y all squared n!n factorial xx hat xx bar xx tilde xi xi / x subscript i / x suffi x i / x sub i n X i=1 aithe sum from i equals one to n ai/ the sum as i runs from 1 to n of the ai 4. Linear al
7、gebra kxkthe norm (or modulus) of x OAOA / vector OA OAOA / the length of the segment OA ATA transpose / the transpose of A A1A inverse / the inverse of A 2 5. Functions f(x)fx / f of x / the function f of x f : S Ta function f from S to T x 7 yx maps to y / x is sent (or mapped) to y f0(x) f prime
8、x / f dash x / the (fi rst) derivative of f with respect to x f00(x)f doubleprime x / f doubledash x / the second derivative of f with respect to x f000(x)f tripleprime x / f tripledash x / the third derivative of f with respect to x f(4)(x)f four x / the fourth derivative of f with respect to x f x
9、1 the partial (derivative) of f with respect to x1 2f x2 1 the second partial (derivative) of f with respect to x1 Z 0 the integral from zero to infi nity lim x0 the limit as x approaches zero lim x+0 the limit as x approaches zero from above lim x0 the limit as x approaches zero from below logeylog
10、 y to the base e / log to the base e of y / natural log (of) y lnylog y to the base e / log to the base e of y / natural log (of) y Individual mathematicians often have their own way of pronouncing mathematical expres- sions and in many cases there is no generally accepted “correct” pronunciation. D
11、istinctions made in writing are often not made explicit in speech; thus the sounds fx may be interpreted as any of: fx, f(x), fx, FX, FX, FX . The diff erence is usually made clear by the context; it is only when confusion may occur, or where he/she wishes to emphasise the point, that the mathematic
12、ian will use the longer forms: f multiplied by x, the function f of x, f subscript x, line FX, the length of the segment FX, vector FX. Similarly, a mathematician is unlikely to make any distinction in speech (except sometimes a diff erence in intonation or length of pauses) between pairs such as the following: x + (y + z)and(x + y) + z ax + b and ax + b an 1andan1 The primary reference has been David Hall with Tim Bowyer, Nucleus, English for Science and Technology, Mathematics, Longman 1980. Glen Anderson and Matti Vuorinen have given good comments and supplements. 3