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Robert L. Baber

Wiley

c2011

419 p.: ill

Includes index , Machine generated contents note: Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Part A. Introductory overview. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Preview: Some Statements in English and the Language of Mathematics. - Part B. Mathematics and its language. - 3. Elements of the Language of Mathematics. - 4. Important Structures and Concepts in the Language of Mathematics. - 5. Solving Problems Mathematically. - Part C. English, the Language of Mathematics and translating between them. - 6. Linguistic Characteristics of English and the Language of Mathematics. - 7. Translating English to Mathematics. - 8. Examples of Translating English to Mathematics. - Part D. Conclusion. - 9. Summary. - Appendices. - Appendix A. Representing numbers. - Appendix B. Symbols on the Language of Mathematics. - Appendix C. Sets of numbers. - Appendix D. Special structures in mathematics. - Appendix E. Mathematical logic. - Appendix F. Waves and the wave equation. - Appendix G. Glossary: English to the Language of Mathematics. - Appendix H. Programming languages and the Language of Mathematics. - Appendix I. Other literature. - Index.

QA

41

.B235

2011