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020			_z9780470878897 (hardback)
020			_z9781118061718 (e-book)
035			_a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504159
035			_a(OCoLC)751969641
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050	1	4	_aQA41 _b.B235 2011eb
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100	1		_aBaber, Robert Laurence.
245	1	4	_aThe language of mathematics _h[electronic resource] : _butilizing math in practice / _cRobert L. Baber.
260			_aHoboken, N.J. : _bWiley, _c2011.
300			_axx, 416 p.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"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. for applying mathematics to problems described in English. In order to apply mathematics to a practical problem, one must first transform an English statement of the problem and the requirements for its solution into mathematical expressions. This book examines this process in detail, presents new insight into it, and develops explicit guidelines for this important step. This book identifies the basic elements (values, variables, and functions) of the language of mathematics and presents the grammatical rules for combining them into expressions and other structures. Different notational forms for expressions are described and defined. Correspondences between parts of speech and other grammatical elements in English and components of expressions in the language of mathematics are identified. These lead to useful guidelines for translating English into the language of mathematics. In addition, the book contains many examples of translating English into mathematics. The approach presented in this book makes mathematics accessible to many people who have been turned off from mathematics by their early exposure to it"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2011. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMathematical notation.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xMachine translating.
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856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10504159 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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