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Numbers, Mathematical Symbols & Operations

ten thousand one to five naught (naught) point (decimal) twenty-eight/ two eight two point (decimal) five nought a (one) half a (one) third a (one) quarter, a (one) fourth a (one) fifth six and 3 fifths ten to the power of one; ten to the power one; ten to the first power; ten to the first ten to the second; ten squared ten to the third; ten cubed ten to the power of infinity ten to the minus first (power) ten to the power of two thirds a to the nth (power) a to the minus nth (power); the reciprocal of an (a to the nth power) a to the power of minus three x a sub n; a subscript n a pre-sub n; a pre-subscript n a super n; a superscript n a pre-superscript n a one A one; capital a one a plus b a minus b a plus or minus b a times b; a (multiplied) by b

a divided by b; a over b a divides b; the ratio of a to b a times b over c times d a to the mth times a to the nth is (equals) a to the power of m plus n a to the mth divided by a to the nth is (equals) a to the power of m minus n a equals b; a is equal to b a is not equal to b a is greater than b a is less than b a is much greater than b a is much less than b a is greater than or equal to b a is not less than b a is less than or equal to b; a is not greater than b a is identical with b; a is always equal to b a is approximately equal to b 5 hours correspond to twenty kilometres p is to q as s is to t the sum of bi for i equals 1 to n

the product of n terms for i equals 1 to n a is an element of M a is not an element of M M is a set with the elements 2, 4, 6 M is an empty/null set A is a subset of B; A is contained/included in B A is a proper subset of B the union of A and B the intersection of A and B the Cartesian product of A and B; the cross product set of A and B

A and B are equivalent to each other; A can be mapped on B biuniquely complement of A; A prime a dash; a prime a in brackets a in braces a parenthesis (open) b plus c parenthesis (close); a times the sum of b plus c bracket (open) a plus b bracket (close) multiplied by c one half times brace open a bracket open b plus parenthesis open c minus d parenthesis bracket brace close x squared divided by y cubed in parentheses to the mth (power)

small e cubed divided by capital e to the fourth power in parentheses to the power (of) r square root of a third/cube root of a nth root of a square root of the sum of a plus b

the nth root of d over g equals t

logarithm (decadic or common) natural logarithm common logarithm of x natural logarithm of x logarithm to the base b logarithm of two to the base ten is nought point three, nought, one, nought, three logarithm of three point one, four, two is nought point four, nine, seven, two logarithm of m times n in parentheses to the base a equals logarithm of m to the base a plus logarithm of n to the base a

logarithm of m over n to the base of a equals logarithm of m to the base a minus logarithm of n to the base a logarithm of the rth root of m to the base a is one rth times logarithm of m to the base a logarithm of the sine of the angle sine x cosine x the (first) derivative of the sine of x equals the cosine of x tangent x cotangent x secant x cosecant x a is parallel to b a is not parallel to b a is equal and parallel to b a is perpendicular to b capital a (A) has the same angle as capital b (B) x approaches x nought; x tends to x nought the limit of f of x as x tends to x one is capital L the limit of f of x as x tends to x nought is not equal to f of x nought the limit of a sub n is zero as n tends to infinity function f of x; f of x f prime (dash) of x; first derivative of x differential of y infinity differential of x an increment of y; delta y dy by dx; the derivative of y = f(x) with respect to x dny by dx to the nth power; the nth derivative of y = f(x) with respect to x partial differentiation delta times function of x

integral double integral triple integral indefinite integral

definite integral (a lower limit, b upper limit) the integral of small x dx equals capital f of x, plus capital c, if capital f prime of x is equal to small f of x determinant of a square matrix capital a the determinant whose element in the ith row and jth column is a subscript of ij the matrix with the elements a subscript ik the matrix whose elements in the ith row and jth column is a subscript ij complex conjugate of the matrix A identity matrix inverse of the matrix A Hermitian conjugate of the matrix A transpose of the matrix A the norm of matrix A

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