The language of mathematics : utilizing math in practice /

• Main Author: Baber, Robert Laurence
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
• Subjects: Mathematical notation.; English language > Machine translating.; MATHEMATICS > Recreations & Games.; MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.; Electronic books.

"The subject of this book is how to formulate a mathematical model from an English description of a problem. This book views mathematical notation as a language and develops the implications of this view for translating English text into mathematical expressions and mathematical models, i.e. fo...

Table of Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Introductory Overview. Introduction
• Preview: Some Statements in English and the Language of Mathematics
• Mathematics and its Language. Elements of the Language of Mathematics
• Important Structures and Concepts in the Language of Mathematics
• Solving Problems Mathematically
• English, the Language of Mathematics, and Translating between them. Linguistic Characteristics of English and the Language of Mathematics
• Translating English to Mathematics
• Examples of Translating English to Mathematics
• Conclusion. Summary
• Appendix A: Representing Numbers
• Appendix B: Symbols in 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.