Math lingo vs. plain English: Double entendre.
| Autor: | Hersh, Reuben |
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| Zdroj: | American Mathematical Monthly; Jan1997, Vol. 104 Issue 1, p48, 4p |
| Abstrakt: | Presents words which denotes different meanings in plain english and math lingo. Insistence of a student that zero is not a number; Line and curve; Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing; Words `or' and `implies' as used in logic; Function in plain English denoting causal dependence; More confusions over jargons in advanced math; Exercises recommended for the topic. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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