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Mathematics Glossary
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Rainer Koch (UNI011 @ DBNRHRZ1)
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Any student who ever sat or slept trough a mathematics
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course knows that certain words and phrases occur very
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frequently. This glossary might eliminate some confusion.
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When the instructor says He really means
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trivial The student might be able to
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do it in three hours or so.
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simple An "A" student can do it in
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a week or so.
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easy This topic would make a good
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master's thesis.
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clear The instructor can do it
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(he thinks).
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obvious The instructor is sure it is
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in his notes somewhere.
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certainly The instructor saw one of his
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instructors do it, but has
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completely forgotten how it
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was done.
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left as an exercise The instructor lost his notes.
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for the student
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is well known The instructor heard that
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someone once did it.
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can be shown The instructor thinks it
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might be true, but has no
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idea how to prove it.
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the diligent student It is an unsolved problem -
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can show probably harder than
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Fermat's Last Theorem.
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