Mathematical English Help Sheet
Written |p eadi W__| forall
form | \Ca0Ins 3 there exist(s) |
2+2=4 [2 plus 2 equals 4 AcB | AisasubsetofB
a_b |AminusB AUB | Theunion of A and B
B TAph =) A union B
SOE Le Paso nus) AAB_ | The interseci(ion) of A and B
axp |AtimesB ‘ A intersect B
| A multiplied by B sinx | The sine of X or sine X /sain/
a+b _ | Adivided by B cosx | The cosine of X or cos X_/koz/ |
alb_ | overB tanx | The tangent of X or tan X |
% | (@) half sint x | The inverse sine of X
3% | Two thirds a ee to the minus one of X
%_| Three quarters nie ine squared 3 @
x X prime(d) or X dash(ed)
a3 | nover3 or xby3 -
+ n | Xdouble prime(d)
fis) | FotX * X double dash(ed)
|x [| Xsquared & ‘X hat
I [ X cubed %___| Xtilde Ptilda/
|x" _| Xto the (power) N | x* |X star
ieee lip ecciasivEIGaTGs awe el =
2x + y)' [2X plus Yall to the (power)7_| = |X bar
x." _| Xto the (power) one over N
| The square root of X Greek Letters
Ye Root X a Alpha
Y¥x___| The cube root of X 8 Beta Libi:ta/
& E to the (power) X | Dy Soma
e7**F| Eto the minus 2 X plus 3 | A 6 pee
& Epsilon __|
Inx | logX or the natural logofX__ | Zea | Pguitar
|__ log x _| log (to the base 10 of) X 1 Eta’ [Pista
|r| _| Zhe absolute value of X | 3.8 Thea [Petar
I | The modulus of X or mod X_| x ‘Kappa
x! | X factorial | a Lambda |
Xn___| X (sub) N Lb Mu | /mjuy
xX —>xy_| X tends to X nought v Nu. [/njuy
x>y__| Xis greater than Y é Xi Asai/ a _/ksal/
xy __| Xis less than or equal to Y z Pi | Zpais
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(Fight) arrow
Written form | Reading
Him f(2) | The limit of F of X as X tends to infinity
dy | The derivative of ¥ with respect to X
a DYbyDX
dy | The second derivative of Y with respect to X
ze | D2Y by D X squared
ay | The partial derivative of Y with respect to X
ae | Partial DY by DX
| The integral of Y with respect to X
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Be
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| The integral of ¥ with respect to X between (X equals) A and (X equals) B
LOR The integral of Y with respect to X from (X equals) A to (X equals) B
absolute value of F of X is less thane
Practice
How would you read the following?
1) 3x? + 2xy -y*° + 5/13
2) yaty(e*-1? +17
3 Lim f(x) =1n2
4) = rh +cos4t
5) @, =x! /n!
6) f, fede
7) O<|x-1) 0,36 >0,Vx:0<|x-x,|<6,|f(x)|