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- From: mcfarlan@corona.math.washington.edu (Thomas J. McFarlane)
- Subject: Re: Math or Maths
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.224958.6112@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Mathematics, Seattle
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:49:58 GMT
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- mckay@alcor.concordia.ca ( John Mckay ) writes:
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- > The Greek is MATHEMATIKOS - when did the abbreviations first occur?
- >
- My Greek Lexicon gives
- ho mathematicos a mathematician
- ta mathematika mathematics
- It is derived from the verb manthano, which comes from the root math.
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- My concise Oxford dictionary lists both math and maths as colloquial
- abbreviations for mathematics, but gives no date.
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- Tom McFarlane
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- mathematics.
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