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U2 U8 @; c( x& \Something is defined as something.
( e" A7 U4 x4 BSomething is called something.
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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. % o0 p. o9 x9 l
The mapping ,is called a Mobius transformation. ! z& b: W+ K o* M" i4 `( F" Q* N. i
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/ H0 @( F1 D, {) [: J- N$ r+ g7 VSomething is defined to be something (or adjective)
' ]0 p) \# V1 ]! G9 nSomething is said to be something (or adjective)
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The difference A-B is defined to be the set of all elements of A which are not in B. 3 |& A# y3 \5 ~, a% l3 l
A real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is said to be an irrational number.
3 i" }* S8 o1 Q, |Real numbers which are greater than zero are said to be positive.
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We define something to be something.
: ]: K2 n/ F) @% WWe call something to be something.
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例如: We define the intersection of A and B to be the set of those elements common to both A and B. % Q( c* a T+ S4 k
We call real numbers that are less than zero to be negative numbers. 5 ? V- K1 k) j/ g; E& a" M/ y
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! a; D/ d) H: l: P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:
: ~ K2 c7 \% u9 q& E. OLet…, Then … is called …
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Let…, 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 .5 p& u; U+ J7 N
: x" J8 f# w6 k! o' o: fLet d(x,y) denote the distance between two points x and y of a set A. Then the number
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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: 1 i, i: T* p( d1 R% A
If …, then …is called … # K' L' S. x0 l) l7 K& r
6 e4 C' K/ J4 HIf …, then …is said to be …
+ [6 l' d# y+ X) |( ?6 gIf …, then …is defined as …
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If …, then … is defined to be … 5 F9 y; f5 M; r3 R) E
If the number of rows of a matrix A equals the number of its columns, then A
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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. 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: 4 ]9 z% M5 m8 J4 }* o [' q
Let(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is called … Let(or Suppose) …. If …, then … is said to be …
! Z9 i3 I0 ]( f% A x' F8 RLet 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 U8 B. B' v% O, }& n4 E) b
z1≠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.
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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: . Q! L/ \- @1 C, @7 S
Let …and suppose(or assume) …. If … then…is called…
2 f5 i2 s( u( A* ]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 with3 I2 b# i7 K8 f/ @6 y& K8 B2 C5 E
z1≠z2 ,we have f(z1)≠f(z2),then f(z) is called a schlicht function .
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