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Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by adenadel on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:50PM (#15021160)
This is a bit nitpicky, but so you're aware: the term is differentiable, not derivable. You differentiate a function, you don't derive it.
Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by thanatropism on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:14PM (#15021383)
Essa é uma questão lingüística, não matemática.

Em português há uma diferença diminuta de sentido entre "diferenciável" e "derivável" (na Análise Matemática mesmo), mas não recordo mais qual.

O inglês sendo o idioma mutante que é, talvez acabe absorvendo essa diferença de nomenclaturas dessa forma: derivable x differentiable.

Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by adenadel on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:39PM (#15022246)
I understand that it is simply a difference of language and that the intent is the same, but in mathematics precision of language is incredibly important. This is a common error in English.
Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by fusiongyro on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:51PM (#15023015)
I just want to reflect on the irony of your having no trouble replying to a comment in Portuguese about how it's important to use the right term. This whole thing has brightened my day.
Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by ORioN63 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:14PM (#15023598)
Translation:

That's a linguistic question, not a mathematics one.

In Portuguese there's a very small difference between "differentiable" and "derivable" (in the context of Math Analysis), but I don't recall it.

English being a mutable language, may end up absorbing the difference between nomenclatures in that way (??): derivable x differentiable.

Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions by d--b on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @02:58AM (#15025475)
Sorry French guy here. Wrong translation . Thanks for pointing out