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7 w- t) X2 ^* D" _: |Something is defined as something.
% }, z; |# z9 ?4 h. h, GSomething is called something.
# p) X+ c# c' {# D! K6 t5 }例如:
The union of A and B is defined as the set of those elements which are in A, in B or in both.
/ F6 P0 B. W4 e" N/ t% r+ zThe mapping ,is called a Mobius transformation.
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Something is defined to be something (or adjective) ( p6 r% `9 O5 J2 U4 Q$ g
Something is said to be something (or adjective)
/ }; k# m& S2 t; {9 LThe difference A-B is defined to be the set of all elements of A which are not in B.
9 O, ]+ E. U a7 R! I( S3 IA real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is said to be an irrational number.
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Real numbers which are greater than zero are said to be positive. 3.5 D5 I5 {# {& @7 ~0 b8 q
We define something to be something. 5 i+ m1 R* n- z2 m
We call something to be something. 7 [: [' @. P) f; Y3 _ m7 H$ Z' R8 |
例如: We define the intersection of A and B to be the set of those elements common to both A and B.
3 n$ @( _, H" i* A( KWe call real numbers that are less than zero to be negative numbers.
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" G( O& l- S( T& p) N如果在定义某一术语之前,需要事先交代某些东西(前提),可用如下形式:
( h+ q i5 x `6 \Let…, Then … is called …
o- }- J1 ?# J1 S9 y# P8 x' hLet…, Then … is said to be …
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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5 r D8 U* E6 ^: @; TLet 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. : x% Q4 a* M' E2 R4 G$ @9 S
5. 如果被定义术语,需要满足某些条件,则可用如下形式:
9 F# U1 I1 V( o4 q; |If …, then …is called …
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If …, then …is said to be …
7 E2 P( s ^5 `6 b- f* JIf …, then …is defined as …
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If …, then … is defined to be …
* [0 x, r1 Y) j3 DIf the number of rows of a matrix A equals the number of its columns, then A1 W& i- m3 s4 w# A7 D
is called a square matrix.
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If a function f is differentiable at every point of a domain D, then it is said to be analytic in D.
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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: 6 {4 _: t. { d& q6 i# \
Let(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is called … Let(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is said to be …
6 [) @5 M8 K( C5 ]* eLet 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
/ E7 x$ s, c j) }! b1 Bz1≠z2 ,we have f(z1)≠f(z2) (直接条件),then f(z) is called a schlicht function or is said to be schlicht in D.
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:
z" s$ _- _$ l- G K2 P/ A" x6 ALet …and suppose(or assume) …. If … then…is called…
5 X2 z5 Q8 N' j8 K0 |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' P6 s7 N Z" e, ~6 w
z1≠z2 ,we have f(z1)≠f(z2),then f(z) is called a schlicht function .
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