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- From: rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (John Rickert)
- Subject: Re: Math or Maths
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- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 19:49:39 GMT
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- In article <4584@daily-planet.concordia.ca> mckay@alcor.concordia.ca ( John Mckay ) writes:
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- > The Greek is MATHEMATIKOS - when did the abbreviations first occur?
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- Actually, it went more by "he mathematike techne" -- "the mathematical
- art." That would, incidentally, make it singular. There is also the
- Greek word "MATH" (last letter eta). It means "folly, idleness, vanity."
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- John R.
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