常用数学公式（符号）读法.pdf

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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).
0 \7 y0 j9 M4 B% C/ X) F% [3 D' {1. Logic
9 there exists
8 for all
1 e& i3 P4 d& i9 l: J+ vp ) q p implies q / if p, then q
p , q p if and only if q /p is equivalent to q / p and q are equivalent
2. Sets
x 2 A x belongs to A / x is an element (or a member) of A
6 H4 o/ i- b1 f% x- u+ Q* n4 Xx =2 A x does not belong to A / x is not an element (or a member) of A
7 \0 m7 G4 x" v- _% W) l7 NA ½ B A is contained in B / A is a subset of B
A ¾ B A contains B / B is a subset of A
) t6 l. z- g. @A \ B A cap B / A meet B / A intersection B
1 Q& v( B. o3 ^& X9 oA [ B A cup B / A join B / A union B
A n B A minus B / the di®erence between A and B
A £ B A cross B / the cartesian product of A and B
0 }# u$ p& d! n3 i. i5 @  z3. Real numbers
, J7 E+ t9 G4 ^. }x + 1 x plus one
' Z0 w# K/ c" J( u6 |. Fx ¡ 1 x minus one
% C  K1 R# n* K" Lx § 1 x plus or minus one
xy xy / x multiplied by y
(x ¡ y)(x + y) x minus y, x plus y
% j! n. g$ \: r- L! p2 Bx
y
x over y
4 d4 a5 ?* P# G! {# R7 D# O= the equals sign
x = 5 x equals 5 / x is equal to 5
x 6= 5 x (is) not equal to 5
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x ´ y x is equivalent to (or identical with) y
x 6´ y x is not equivalent to (or identical with) y
x > y x is greater than y
" H! k8 T* ~. y% c" @; Z9 Ix ¸ y x is greater than or equal to y
  s  w2 M" t5 P: v4 t! l' k' Ex < y x is less than y
x · y x is less than or equal to y
0 < x < 1 zero is less than x is less than 1
0 · x · 1 zero is less than or equal to x is less than or equal to 1
+ Z" B( i! a: p# H5 y5 D; f' sjxj mod x / modulus x
. L( r" x) t: P0 t( c9 ]0 _4 f0 w9 ux2 x squared / x (raised) to the power 2
x3 x cubed
2 a0 x2 G) Y4 R  ix4 x to the fourth / x to the power four
xn x to the nth / x to the power n
x&iexcl;n x to the (power) minus n
px (square) root x / the square root of x
p3 x cube root (of) x
9 `) J# `# g4 b; m3 x0 yp4 x fourth root (of) x
* J& g! \' |' r7 Dnpx nth root (of) x
(x + y)2 x plus y all squared
&sup3;x
y
&acute;2
x over y all squared
9 B- R7 a' u1 H; Y) f0 nn! n factorial
! ~% o- d. B( w* O! v# R  @^x x hat
$ M3 \9 `- L/ v6 K/ _+ H&sup1;x x bar
# N& ^" U' z1 n4 j0 O~x x tilde
xi xi / x subscript i / x su±x i / x sub i
* s/ m8 A8 ]" i. XXn
- V% h  e+ Q' j8 e7 ki=1
! ]( w1 }8 j. f3 S- iai the sum from i equals one to n ai / the sum as i runs from 1 to n of the ai
4. Linear algebra
kxk the norm (or modulus) of x
O&iexcl;&iexcl;!A OA / vector OA
/ M, b( c. V# t1 S& }5 H9 hOA OA / the length of the segment OA
) R5 i8 n6 _9 Q- Y/ HAT A transpose / the transpose of A
! M8 i1 C: |: _& ]% L8 h$ X; B4 BA&iexcl;1 A inverse / the inverse of A
" F1 `$ N6 N- p. h- M2
5. Functions
4 h% `, Y+ \( ^f(x) fx / f of x / the function f of x
f : S ! T a function f from S to T
x 7! y x maps to y / x is sent (or mapped) to y
f0(x) f prime x / f dash x / the (&macr;rst) derivative of f with respect to x
: W5 @6 e; A: X+ G7 xf00(x) f double{prime x / f double{dash x / the second derivative of f with
respect to x
' V' D& \* @' V. E2 Y* v' Sf000(x) f triple{prime x / f triple{dash x / the third derivative of f with respect
to x
% K4 b: Y% F$ q' W' Wf(4)(x) f four x / the fourth derivative of f with respect to x
: J' I# W. k3 T@f
" H& n# [$ q2 N5 J@x1
the partial (derivative) of f with respect to x1
@2f
. h  w2 s* I# n' e. \- D@x21
3 F/ O. z& x" {: W9 e- Sthe second partial (derivative) of f with respect to x1
Z
1
9 W1 ?" V/ f+ X$ k! n5 y0
& M$ k, U# [+ P6 T( gthe integral from zero to in&macr;nity
lim
& n  }% ~; R2 m% v6 i) Ax!0
6 v  u3 w9 p5 `6 Y6 jthe limit as x approaches zero
lim
" [* x- ~! W; z) o8 \6 U& ex!+0
: H2 |0 f3 d2 K3 l& b0 \the limit as x approaches zero from above
lim
; ?4 J( k! F/ x9 Zx!&iexcl;0
the limit as x approaches zero from below
' c, J+ g8 x5 ], C8 k/ H2 Sloge y log y to the base e / log to the base e of y / natural log (of) y
3 [9 e- x, f: A4 z% c4 y/ ?" pln y log y to the base e / log to the base e of y / natural log (of) y
  s* H: Y) q9 b2 N. N' @Individual mathematicians often have their own way of pronouncing mathematical expressions
( o' S$ M& k% Q+ l" \5 gand in many cases there is no generally accepted \correct" pronunciation.
1 M% P4 `6 Z; ^Distinctions 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, F&iexcl;&iexcl;X!. The di&reg;erence is usually made clear
0 @3 @2 _8 t" r  [- G2 F) sby the context; it is only when confusion may occur, or where he/she wishes to emphasise
the point, that the mathematician will use the longer forms: f multiplied by x, the function
, y/ b! d' K9 j& s4 ?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 di&reg;erence in intonation or length of pauses) between pairs such as the following:
2 {& W8 p' S. N. i5 tx + (y + z) and (x + y) + z
& r# ]5 V  s$ o/ |; {pax + b and pax + b
an &iexcl; 1 and an&iexcl;1
1 |- Y. b9 T7 a7 c6 pThe primary reference has been David Hall with Tim Bowyer, Nucleus, English for Science
( o! n. l% S  X) [4 uand Technology, Mathematics, Longman 1980. Glen Anderson and Matti Vuorinen have
  y" ?6 m0 ], C& E+ Mgiven good comments and supplements.
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