Lesson 3

Mathematics Language
and Symbols

*Like any language, mathematics has its own syntax,

symbols and rules.

Professor Hilda D. Garcia

September 11, 2021
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Attendance
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LANGUAGE
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SYMBOL
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GRAMMAR
 Abstract:
● Mathematics is written in a symbolic language
that is designed to express mathematical
thoughts.
● English language is a source of knowledge, but it
is not designed for doing mathematics.
 Objectives:

● Describes how mathematical thoughts, methods,

and facts are expressed in symbolism.
● Emphasizes how to read and write mathematics.
 What
is
language?
Mathematics
Language
and
Symbols
These definitions describe language in terms of
the following components:
● A vocabulary of symbols or words
● A grammar consisting of rules of how these
symbols may be used Components
● A syntax or propositional structure, which
places the symbols in linear structures. of Language
● A Discourse or narrative' consisting of
strings of syntactic propositions.
● A community of people who use and
understand these symbols.
● A range of meaning that can be
communicated with these symbols.
1. Mathematical English:

● Mathematical English is a part of the English

language used for making formal mathematical
statements, specifically to communicate definitions, Two Kinds
theorems, proofs and examples.
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● Many ordinary English words are
used in Mathematical English with different Language
meanings. In some ways, Mathematical English
is a foreign language. Other languages also have
special mathematical forms.
2. Symbolic Language:

● The symbolic language of mathematics is a

special-purpose language. It has its own symbols
and rules of grammar that are quite different Two Kinds
from those of English. We can usually read of Math
expressions in the symbolic language in any
Mathematical article written in any language.
Language
● Both the languages, Mathematical English and
the Symbolic language are used in mathematics
writing and mathematical lectures.
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Symbols
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Symbols
● The symbolic language consists of symbolic
expressions written in the way mathematicians
traditionally write them. A symbol is a
typographical character such as Φ ∞ .
The
Vocabulary
● It also includes symbols that are specific to of
mathematics, such as β∞.An expression that
Mathematics
stands for something
Expressions
Versus
Sentences
Mathematics
Language
and
Symbols
A symbolic expression consists of
symbols arranged according to Symbolic
specific rules. Every symbolic Expressions
expression is one of two types:
1. symbolic assertion
2. symbolic term
 Symbolic
Expressions
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Expressions
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Expressions
Grammar of
Symbolic
Language
Grammar of
Symbolic
Language
Grammar of
Symbolic
Language
● Languages are ways of transforming
information and meaning.
● Mathematics is a language which is developed
using symbols.
Conclusion
● To study the mathematics, it is necessary to
understand the language in what way the
mathematics read and write.
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Language
and
Symbols
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Language
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Thank you