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Document Type
Video
Abstract
In communicating mathematical ideas, we often speak in words and grammar that have their own variety of meanings in everyday English. These meanings can collide in unexpected ways when speaker and listener hear the words differently. At the same time, intuitive nuances of language aid mathematicians in giving form to concepts such as infinity, bending of surfaces, behavior of functions, and the nature of numbers. This interplay between mathematical and common use of language leads to interesting and sometimes surprising realizations about the beauty and versatility of the language that we use every day.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History | Latin American History | Social History
Publication Date
10-21-2015
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Shipman, Barbara A., "Subtleties of Meaning in Mathematical Versus Common Use of Language" (2015). Focus on Faculty Lectures. 34.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/utalibraries_digitalprojects_focusonfaculty/34