《数学专业英语》常用英文表达.ppt

MATHEMATICAL ENGLISH Mathematical English， School of Appl. Math. Aim of the Course: Expected progress in the following aspects: . Reading skills of the original mathematical articles and books . Writing skills of mathematical and other scientific articles . Translating skills of mathematical articles:both translation from Chinese to English and English to Chinese * Reading, writing and translation of mathematical materials should be brife, simple, exact and easy to be understood 2 Some English expressions of numbers: The set of numbers consists of real numbers and pure imaginary numbers shown as follows Complex numbers(C) Pure imaginary numbers(I) Real numbers(R) Rational numbers(Q) Irrational numbers(Q′) Integers(Z) Fractions(F) Natural numbers(N), Zero, Negatives of Natural Numbers Notice: Reading of Integers one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million. Ten million, hundred million, billion··· 3 Expressions of some basic mathematical signs: 1. General signs of operation + Plus, positive - Minus, negative Example: 2+3 read as two plus three Example: 6-2 read as six minus two ± Plus or minus, Positive or negative Example: read as equals plus or minus 3 Multiplied by, times Example: read as 5 times 6 or 5 multiplied by 6 Over or is to or divided by Example: read as 3 over 4, three quarters, 3 divided by 4 4 Proportion Example: read as the ratio of 1 to 2 Percent, Per cent Example: read as 2 Percent Permille, per mille Example: read as 5 per mille 2. Basic signs of relationships Be equal to, equals Be identical with/to, be equivalent to Example: read as c is identical with (to) 5, c is equivalent to 5 5 Be not equal to Example: c plus d times a is not equals to 0 Be approximately equal to 3 divided by 7 is approximately Equal to zero point four two nine Example: Be less than, be greater than Example: a is less than b, c is greater than