[ExI] Mathematical terminology

scerir scerir at libero.it
Sun Jun 10 17:59:29 UTC 2007


JKC:
That's why psychology is so dense with unnecessary
jargon while mathematics prefers the simplest words 
they can find, like continuous, limit, open, and closed.

Sometimes they also exaggerate ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous_moonshine





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