Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions
by adenadel on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:50PM
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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.
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Re:Optimy.io: Optimise mathematical expressions
by thanatropism on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:14PM
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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
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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
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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
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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.