August 10, 2001

American Pronunciation of Mathematics

Symbols 23 6
2

Pronunciation two cubed six squared seven to the fth power, or seven to the fth the square root of twenty-ve, or twenty-ve to the one half power the cube root of twenty-seven the eighth root of thirty-two a squared plus b squared equals c squared, or The Pythagorean Theorem one half two thirds ve eighths the quantity x squared plus three (pause) divided by x, or x squared plus three (pause) all over x sine squared of x sine of x squared sine of x (pause) quantity squared, or sine of x all squared arcsine of two pi inverse tangent of x log base two of nine, or logarithm base two of nine, or log nine base two natural log of two, or natural logarithm of 2, or log base e of 2, or L N of two e to the x, or the exponential function ve choose two

75 25 3 27 8 32 a2 + b2 = c2
1 2 2 3 5 8 x2 +3 x

sin2 x sin(x2 ) (sin x)

2

arcsin (2) tan1 x log2 9 ln 2 ex

5 2

Symbols f (x) f 1 (x) f f (x) f (x)

df dx d2 f dx2

Pronunciation f of x f inverse of x f prime, or the derivative of f , or the rst derivative of f f prime of x, or the derivative of f with respect to x, or the rst derivative of f with respect to x the second derivative of f with respect to x D F D X, or the derivative of f with respect to x, or the rst derivative of f with respect to x D squared F D X squared, or the second derivative of f with respect to x y equals the quantity x minus two (pause) all raised to the quantity x plus one f of z equals the quantity seven plus z raised to the one over z power

y = (x 2)(x+1) f (z) = (7 + z) z
1

i=1

xi the sum from i equals one to innity of x to the i

the sum of the quantity x to the i, for i equals one to innity

lim

x sin x

the limit as x tends to innity of x divided by sine x

the limit as x goes to innity of x over sine x

n n

lim

i=1

2i n

2 n

the limit as n goes to innity, of the sum from i equals one to n, of two i over n times two over n the limit as n goes to innity, of the sum of the quantity two i over n times two over n, for i equals one to n