Mathematical jargon | Wikipedia audio article

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00:00:42 1 Philosophy of mathematics
00:09:30 2 Descriptive informalities
00:20:32 3 Proof terminology
00:20:56 4 Proof techniques
00:25:14 5 Notes
00:31:17 6 References



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The language of mathematics has a vast vocabulary of specialist and technical terms. It also has a certain amount of jargon: commonly used phrases which are part of the culture of mathematics, rather than of the subject. Jargon often appears in lectures, and sometimes in print, as informal shorthand for rigorous arguments or precise ideas. Much of this is common English, but with a specific non-obvious meaning when used in a mathematical sense.
Some phrases, like "in general", appear below in more than one section.