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Rogatum de legendo numeros cum decimale puncto cum voce
Abhinc paucos dies, feci YouTube pelliculam in lingua Latina in qua propago meas theorias (Non dabo vobis URL-em ne eam contra regulas huius agorae.). In ea pellicula dixi hoc:
Entropia phonotacticae ...
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How to say "from the finite only the finite can be produced" akin to "ex nihilo nihil fit"?
I'm interested in writing something akin to "ex nihilo nihil fit" but with regard to the concept of the finite and finitude, stating then that "from the finite only the finite can come&...
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How to say "parerga of reals"?
As title says, I'm wondering how one might go about saying "parerga of reals" (or "reals' parerga" / "reals parerga" / "real parerga") in Latin. The context is ...
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"Numerus parte altera longior"
In "The Origin of Mathematical Induction" (1917) by W.H. Bussey, p. 201, I learned that the mathematician Maurolycus in 1575 defined the term numerus parte altera longior to mean n(n – 1).
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What are the differences between the words "QUASI", "HYPER", and "PSEUDO"?
As an opening our question, briefly consider the following three examples of mathematical terminology:
Quasi-Sphere
Hyper-Sphere
Pseudo-Sphere
What are the differences between the words "QUASI&...
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Mathematical Latin Help
So, I'm a PhD student working on the history of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. To a great extent that involves me having to read copious amounts of text in German and French. Now I'd ...
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Adverbial numeral for the "teen"s
I noticed this numeral while reading Regulus, the Latin version of the Little Prince. In the scene that the businessman shows his sum of stars, he says:
Cinq cent un millions six cent vingt-deux ...
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"I will tell you in Latin, for French is of no use here"
In a well-known letter, Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and philosopher, wrote (p. 7) 'je vous diray en Latin, car le Français n'y vaut rien' (I will tell you in Latin, for French is of no use ...
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How do you talk about set theory in Latin? Specifically, how do you say "set" as opposed to "union"?
In my joke about set theory in Latin:
Hodie in universitate (ego studeo scientiam computorum) docebamur de theoria unionum. Professor nobis explicabat, cur numerus cardinalis unionis unionum non ...
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What other numeral systems were used in Classical Rome?
In a recent question, I asked what the symbol was used for a thousand in Classical Latin, because I had heard somewhere that it was not 'M' which is what we are currently taught is the symbol (Short ...
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Is there a modern edition of Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum Libri?
The text Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum Libri Sex (Latin translation and commentary on the ancient work of Diophantus) has had a considerable impact on the history of mathematics.
I was ...
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How would you say "root locus" (in robotics) in Latin?
"Root locus" is a diagram showing where the poles of a closed-loop system are depending on the amplification (gain) in the open-loop system. How would you say that in Latin? My attempt would ...
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"Άγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω" in Latin
Legend has it that the gable of Plato's Academy read: "Let no one enter who is ignorant of geometry" ("Άγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω").
How do you render that in classical Latin? Here ...
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Is mathematikalpha a reliable source for mathematical vocabulary?
I am looking for a list of the mathematical terms used by Newton, Euler, Gauss, etc. in their writings. The only thing I found online are those two files by Steffen Polster on <mathematikalpha.de&...
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What does "Solutiones in medium affere visum est praeparatio ad solutionem." mean?
I am reading an article by Euler (Solutio problematis difficillimi a Fermatio propositi, Enestrom number 167) and I have trouble understanding the following sentence (§ 2, p. 50):
Huius ergo ...
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