Questions tagged [mathematics]
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How to write graph coordinates in German?
In English, graphical coordinates are given as (x, y). Since ',' represents the decimal separator in German, is some other punctuation used to prevent confusion?
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How to read in German these mathematical symbols (f′,f″,f‴,∘,ã ,â,...)?
How to read the mathematical notation of the small list below, say in a blackboard-talk. Notice that I'm not asking for the meaning, but the name of the symbol attached to "the letter" is what matters:
Example. The symbol a' (a prime) reads a…
c.p.
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How should I say "where", as in mathematical definitions?
I've been perusing several German books of logic and math to find some expression equivalent to "where" as in the following definition:
Definition: Let P(A,B) = A - B, where A ⊂ U and A ⊄ B.
Is it okay if I translate it as follows?
Definition:…
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How to read mathematical "union" in German
How is the set "A union B" read in German? Is it "Die Vereinigung von A und B" or "A vereinigt mit B"?
(Also, is there some place that describes how mathematical expressions are read in German?)
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Writing about systems of linear equations in German
I'm a beginner German learner and a mathematician. I've been trying to write solutions to simple linear algebra questions in German in order to practice writing mathematics in German. I keep on having problems when I would usually use a word in…
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Endliche Anzahl
In a vaguely mathematical context, could the 'endlich' in 'endliche Anzahl' ever not mean finite but only something like 'limited', so as to maybe include some transfinite cardinalities?
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Was ist das Wort oder die Phrase, die von deutschen Mathematikern für "ungefähr gleich" oder ≈ verwendet wird?
Was ist das Wort oder die Phrase, die von deutschen Mathematikern für "ungefähr gleich" oder ≈ verwendet wird?
Samuel Muldoon
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