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MATHEMATICA TERMS
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NUMBERS:
  infinity sign
FRACTION:
14  nominator
3  denominato r
MIXED FRACTION: integer (part)  4
FRACTIONAL EXPRESSION:
x 4
2x
2
3x 1
; 4x  5 
x 4
2x
2
2
3
3x 1
VARIABLES: a, x, k
A quantity that can change or that may take on different values. Variable also refers to a letter or
symbol representing such a quantity.
a upper index (upper script)
variable  Kb lower index (subscript )
ARITHMETIC:
- addition:
- subtraction:
- multiplication:
- division:
a+b
a-b
a×b
a:b; a/b
-
exponentiation:
ab = c
-
root:
b
a
=c
(a, b – summands; speek: “a plus b”)
(a – minuend; b – subtrahend, speek: “a minus b”)
(a - multiplicand, b – multiplier, speek: “a by b”)
(a -dividend, b – divisor,
speek: “a over (or: divided by) b”)
(a – base, b – exponent, c = b power of a;
speek: “a power b”)
(a - radicand, b – index, √ - radical symbol = radix sign
2
a  a - square root of a, 3 a - cube root, b a - bth root)
CALCULATION RESULTS
EXPRESSIONS:
x 4
2x
2
3x 1
FUNCTIONS: f(x) = (read: f of x equal…)
- linear:
y = f(x) = ax+b
(x – argument; y – value)
- quadratic
- cubic
- exponential
- logarithmic
- trigonometric
- differential
- integral
- periodical
EQUATIONS (solving the equation, simplifying the equation)
unknown
fcd bx eff
x

 d  eff
2


  MEd

constants, coefficients, parameters
INEQUATIONS
SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS/INEQUATIONS

fcd bx eff

f bx
 cd eff
x

d  eff
2

 As fyd

  MEd

THE GRAPH
THE NOMOGRAM
(nomograph, alignment chart, abaque)
THE NOMOGRAM
THE KEY