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Origins of Mathematical Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic Roots

Origins of Mathematical Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic Roots

Lo Bello, Anthony

Paperback

General ReferenceSports GeneralGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 1421410982
ISBN13: 9781421410982
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Sep 27 2013
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Do you ever wonder about the origins of mathematical terms such as ergodic, biholomorphic, and strophoid? Here Anthony Lo Bello explains the roots of these and better-known words like asymmetric, gradient, and average. He provides Greek, Latin, and Arabic text in its original form to enhance each explanation. This sophisticated, one-of-a-kind reference for mathematicians and word lovers is based on decades of the author's painstaking research and work. Origins of Mathematical Words supplies definitions for words such as conchoid (a shell-shaped curve derived from the Greek noun for mussel) and zenith (Arabic for way overhead), as well as approximation (from the Latin proximus, meaning nearest). These and hundreds of other terms wait to be discovered within the pages of this mathematical and etymological treasure chest.

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