Feb 9, 2011 · In the United Kingdom, I would study maths; but in the United States, I would study math. What gives?

May 17, 2014 · The shortened form math's was necessary in order to save space but for some reason the superfluous apostrophe and the letter -S were kept despite logic demanding that the word math …

Aug 26, 2011 · Which one is considered correct? I say "math", however I believe I heard somewhere that "maths" is correct. Also, should it (and "mathematics") be capitalized or not?

Both math and maths are informal, where maths is considered to be a British informal usage. According to my own but exactly the same experience for the sake of shortening the wording of mathematics, I …

Sep 14, 2021 · In math, particularly in plane geometry, there are lots of simple statements that one implies another, and that implies another, and so on. So, "hence" is frequently used. For …

Aug 25, 2020 · I have learned that a commonly mistake in math papers is the phrase by ... we have that ... instead it would be correct to just leave the that. Now I am wondering how to correctly use yield. In

May 28, 2020 · I am an Italian engineering student and I am studying Differential Geometry from "Analysis on manifolds" by Jams R. Munkres and I'd like to discuss the meaning of the verb "to …

May 22, 2011 · It often happens that two or more similar values are distinguished with the ' symbol, e.g. a, a', a'' and similar. How is this pronounced?

Dec 10, 2014 · 9 I was recently reading this article on the use of "math" vs. "maths" as a collective noun (Americans use the former, Brits the latter). However, the trend seen in "math/maths" is reversed in …

Oct 25, 2012 · It seems to me that "so" is seldom used in math proofs. Instead, "hence" and "therefore" are used very often, even repeatedly appearing in several sentences in a row.