(How to define a mathematical term?)
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4 a* Y }; Z i4 F' d! l8 DSomething is defined as something. ; Y4 I& X! y/ N: |5 |
Something is called something.
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The union of A and B is defined as the set of those elements which are in A, in B or in both. * @* d: I2 f9 J! O7 X; [0 ~$ b
The mapping ,is called a Mobius transformation. 2.
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Something is said to be something (or adjective)
4 Z! D: Z( l) G1 V% g3 }The difference A-B is defined to be the set of all elements of A which are not in B.
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A real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is said to be an irrational number.
: \" }; p2 `; `, s0 x& W7 i3 J6 G0 w, y6 \Real numbers which are greater than zero are said to be positive.
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3 D6 y7 {+ _, ?4 M, zWe define something to be something. 8 W6 y6 D. s8 S) P7 G
We call something to be something. We define the intersection of A and B to be the set of those elements common to both A and B. 3 o1 k8 u6 ]! j7 s% @
We call real numbers that are less than zero to be negative numbers. 4.
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Let…, Then … is called …
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Let…, Then … is defined as … Let…, Then … is defined to be … Let x=(x1, x2, … xn) be an n-tuple of real numbers. Then the set of all such n-tuples is defined as the Euclidean n-space Rn .
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8 U* E% ]6 d1 s1 X% |Let d(x,y) denote the distance between two points x and y of a set A. Then the number
is called the diameter of A. 5. 如果被定义术语,需要满足某些条件,则可用如下形式: / J9 v% Q0 |: l5 Y& p
If …, then …is called …
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If …, then …is said to be …
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If the number of rows of a matrix A equals the number of its columns, then A p% c0 u+ U0 Q: c1 }! T; e% U
is called a square matrix.
D3 O+ C1 v( q! _! f' V* E! G5 ~If a function f is differentiable at every point of a domain D, then it is said to be analytic in D.
6. 如果需要说明被定义术语应在什么前提下,满足什么条件,则可用下面形式:
9 z/ x$ _% B5 Q, @% gLet(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is called …
Let(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is said to be …
0 q% ]4 D' l4 n8 f, C5 tLet f(z) be an analytic function defined on a domain D(前提条件).If for every pair of points z1 and z2 in D with
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7. 如果被定义术语需要满足几个条件(大前提,小前提,直接条件),则可用如下形式:
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Let D be a domain and suppose that f(z) is analytic in D. If for every pair of points z1 and z2 in D with
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