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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics

Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols

This is a list of entries on the Words pages. It is only a rough guide as it is hard to draw a line between general mathematics and set theory and logic. Sy indicates there is related material on to Earliest Uses of Symbols of Set Theory and Logic. There are also indexes for Calculus and Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Matrices & Linear Algebra and Vector Analysis. For a general perspective on word-formation in mathematics see Mathematical Words: Origins and Sources.

Entries

A – B A Algebraic Logic Algorithm Analysis of Algorithms Associative Autological Axiom Axiom of Choice B Boolean algebra Burali-Forti paradox	C C Calculus Cartesian product Categorical (axiom system) Chain Characteristic function Church’s thesis Class Commutative Complement Conjunction Sy Conservative extension Continuum hypothesis Contrapositive Converse Corollary Countable Covering	D – E D Decision problem De Morgan’s laws Disjoint Disjunction Sy Distributive Domain Dummy variable E Element Sy Empty set Sy Euler diagram
F – H F Finitary Finite character Function Formalism Functor Fuzzy G Genetic definition Genetic method Gödel’s incompleteness theorem Grundlagenkrisis H Hauptsatz Heterological Hilbert’s program Hyperset	I – K I Iff Implicit definition Induction Inductive (partially) ordered set Infix (notation) Intersection Intuitionism Inverse J K	L - N L Lemma Liar paradox Logic Logicism M Mathematical Induction Mathematical Logic Metamathematics N Non-Cantorian Non-standard analysis Null class
O – P O Omega rule One-to one correspondence Onto P Paraconsistent logic Paradox Peano’s axioms Platonism Poset Postfix notation Postulate Power Predicate calculus Prefix Prenex normal form Primitive recursive function Propositional calculus Propositional function	Q – R Q Q. E. D. Quantifier Sy R Recursively enumerable set Reductio ad absurdum Reflexive Richard’s paradox Russell’s paradox	S S Sentential calculus Set Sy Set theory Simply ordered set Structure Subset Successive Induction Symmetric Symmetric difference
T T Theorem Theory of types Transfinite Transitive Truth set Truth table Truth value Turing machine Turing test	U – V U Undecidable Union Universe V Venn diagram	W – Z W Well-ordered Working mathematician Z Zeno’s paradoxes Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory Zorn’s lemma

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