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Re: Doctor Rocket Surgeon versus the Homonyms
Andrea, on host 195.191.16.74
Monday, November 27, 2000, at 15:20:19
Re: Doctor Rocket Surgeon versus the Homonyms posted by [Spacebar] on Monday, November 27, 2000, at 12:31:48:
> That's interesting. The English "root" has all of the same meanings!
Italian and English have the same root... :)
> Reimann sums [...]
I studied them about 10-12 years ago. Chapter 5, page 370, of my maths book. I also used them for some software modules that had to do a lot of complex calculations...
> (Well, actually, the symbol for the set of real numbers is an R with a line through it and the symbol for a Reimann sum is a script R, but even though my professor has decent handwriting, it's sometimes difficult to tell them apart.)
We usually use or a curled "R" (as in the Monotype Brush Script installed on every Windows 95/98/NT).
What a mess...
AP.
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