mathematical notation

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meaningsofmathematicalandnotation

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mathematical
adjective
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/ˌmæθ.əmˈæt.ɪ.kəl/
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/ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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notation
noun[C or U]
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/nəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
us
/noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
a system of written symbols used especially in mathematics or to represent ...
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(Definition ofmathematicalandnotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We take the liberty of sugaring the syntax somewhat so that we may reuse without explanation the moremathematicalnotationalready employed in this paper.
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Paradoxically, as early as the first chapter, the authors warn the reader against unclear and ambiguousmathematicalnotation!
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Now, even inmathematicalnotationwe have no unique representation of sets.
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Where necessary they have usedmathematicalnotationbut only after painstaking explanation.
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Given thatmathematicalnotationusually obscures more than it reveals to non-mathematicians, the models also will be described in words.
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The book is not 'highly technical' having not even a singlemathematicalnotation.
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In order to keepmathematicalnotationto a minimum in the paper, we do not state the domain restriction explicitly throughout the analysis.
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In some ways the list representation is closer to traditionalmathematicalnotation, where one typically represents state transitions by introducing a subscripted sequence of states.
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When probabilities are chosen as the format for uncertainty representation, the required probabilities can be described, for example, inmathematicalnotation.
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Its syntax includes high-levelmathematicalnotation, and the language supports a mechanism for stepwise refinement that can be used for systematic program derivation and verification.
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Instead of usingmathematicalnotation, a functional programming language is used for the definition of the denotational semantics.
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Section 4 introduces themathematicalnotationthat will be used throughout the paper.
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For the sake of precision, the empirical generalisations and models discussed below will be formulated inmathematicalnotation.
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A little history can (lightheartedly) be made relevant even to business students, sincemathematicalnotationmust be one of the few areas which has been almost a genuine free market.
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The former provides an abstract approach for an efficient implementation whereas the latter is closer to ordinarymathematicalnotationand so stays closer to our intuition.
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Our metalanguage is therefore consistent with our object language in that it uses conventionalmathematicalnotationfor function application; even in the metalanguage we will strictly avoid "currying".
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There are a number of typographical errors, including both text andmathematicalnotation, some of which can lead to confusion among those who are near their mathematical limits.
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As a practical necessity, denotations are described using some form ofmathematicalnotation, which can in turn be formalized as a denotational metalanguage.
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The development ofmathematicalnotationcan be divided in stages.
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Mathematicalnotationincludes letters from various alphabets, as well as special mathematical symbols.
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