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How to Read Math Expressions

Learn to Pronounce Math Symbols and Formulas

Basic

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$a + b$$	a plus b	Translate
$$a - b$$	a minus b	Translate
$$a \cdot b$$	a times b	Translate
$$a / b$$	a over b	Translate
$$a > b$$	a is greater than b	Translate
$$a < b$$	a is less than b	Translate
$$a = b$$	a is equal to b	Translate
$$a \neq b$$	a is not equal to b	Translate
$$a \geq b$$	a is greater than or equal to b	Translate
$$a \leq b$$	a is less than or equal to b	Translate
$$x^2$$	x squared	Translate
$$x^3$$	x cubed	Translate
$$x^n$$	x to the power of n	Translate
$$\sqrt{x}$$	the square root of x	Translate
$$\sqrt[n]{x}$$	the n-th root of x	Translate
$$\log x$$	the logarithm of x (base 10)	Translate
$$\ln x$$	the natural logarithm of x (base e)	Translate
$$e^x$$	e to the power of x	Translate
$$\|x\|$$	the modulus of x	Translate
$$\overline{x}$$	x bar (the average of x)	Translate
$$a \pm b$$	a plus or minus b	Translate
$$\frac{a}{b}$$	a over b (fraction)	Translate
$$a!$$	a factorial	Translate

Numbers

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$-5$$	negative five	Translate
$$0.25$$	zero point two five	Translate
$$1.5$$	one point five	Translate

Fractions

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\frac{1}{2}$$	one half	Translate
$$\frac{3}{4}$$	three quarters	Translate
$$\frac{1}{7}$$	one seventh	Translate

Powers and Roots

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$3^2$$	three squared	Translate
$$5^4$$	five to the power of four	Translate
$$\sqrt{4}$$	the square root of four	Translate
$$\sqrt[3]{8}$$	the cube root of eight	Translate

Angle Operations

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\sin \theta$$	sine of theta	Translate
$$\cos \theta$$	cosine of theta	Translate
$$\tan \theta$$	tangent of theta	Translate
$$\csc \theta$$	cosecant of theta	Translate
$$\sec \theta$$	secant of theta	Translate
$$\cot \theta$$	cotangent of theta	Translate
$$\sin^{-1} x$$	arcsine of x or inverse sine of x	Translate
$$\cos^{-1} x$$	arccosine of x or inverse cosine of x	Translate
$$\tan^{-1} x$$	arctangent of x or inverse tangent of x	Translate
$$\sin(\alpha \pm \beta)$$	sine of (alpha plus or minus beta)	Translate
$$\cos(\alpha \pm \beta)$$	cosine of (alpha plus or minus beta)	Translate
$$\tan(\alpha \pm \beta)$$	tangent of (alpha plus or minus beta)	Translate
$$\theta \pm \phi$$	theta plus or minus phi	Translate
$$\theta \cdot \phi$$	theta times phi	Translate
$$\theta / \phi$$	theta over phi	Translate
$$\sinh x$$	hyperbolic sine of x	Translate
$$\cosh x$$	hyperbolic cosine of x	Translate
$$\tanh x$$	hyperbolic tangent of x	Translate

Logic and Sets

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$a := b$$	a is defined by(given as) b	Translate
$$S_1 \Rightarrow S_2$$	S sub one implies S sub two	Translate
$$S_1 \Leftrightarrow S_2$$	S sub one is equivalent to S sub two	Translate
$$\{a, b, c\}$$	the set of a, b, and c	Translate
$$a \in A$$	a is an element of set A	Translate
$$\emptyset \text{ or } \{\}$$	empty set	Translate
$$A \subset B$$	A is a proper subset of B	Translate
$$A \subseteq B$$	A is a subset of B	Translate
$$A \cup B$$	A union B	Translate
$$A \cap B$$	A intersection B	Translate
$$A \setminus B$$	A minus B	Translate
$$\equiv$$	is equivalent to	Translate
$$\exists$$	there exists	Translate
$$\nexists$$	there does not exist	Translate
$$\forall$$	for all	Translate
$$\exists p \in \mathbb{P}, p = 2$$	there exists a prime number p such that p equals two.	Translate
$$\forall x \in \mathbb{R}, x + 0 = x$$	for all x in the set of real numbers, x plus zero equals x.	Translate
$$\mathbb{N}$$	the set of all natural numbers	Translate
$$\mathbb{Z}$$	the set of all integers	Translate
$$\mathbb{Q}$$	the set of all rational numbers	Translate
$$\mathbb{R}$$	the set of all real numbers	Translate
$$\mathbb{C}$$	the set of all complex numbers	Translate
$$\mathbb{P}$$	the set of all prime numbers	Translate
$$A \triangle B$$	symmetric difference of A and B	Translate
$$A^c$$	complement of A	Translate
$$\overline{A}$$	closure of A	Translate

Intervals

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$[a, b]$$	closed interval from a to b	Translate
$$(a, b)$$	open interval from a to b	Translate
$$[a, b)$$	the interval from a to b, inclusive of a and exclusive of b.	Translate
$$(a, b]$$	the interval from a to b, exclusive of a and inclusive of b.	Translate
$$(a, \infty)$$	the half line starting at a and extending to infinity, exclusive of a.	Translate
$$(-\infty, a)$$	the half line starting at negative infinity and extending to a, exclusive of a.	Translate

Factorials and Binomial Coefficients

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$n!$$	n factorial (the product of all positive integers up to n)	Translate
$$\binom{n}{k} \text{or} nC_k$$	n choose k (the number of ways to choose k elements from a set of n elements)	Translate
$$P(n,k)$$	permutation of n things taken k at a time	Translate

Sum and Product

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} a_n$$	the sum of a sub n from n equals 1 to infinity	Translate
$$\sum_{k=0}^n \binom{n}{k}$$	the sum from k equals zero to n of n choose k	Translate
$$( \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k )^2$$	the square of the sum of the products of a sub k and b sub k from k equals 1 to n	Translate
$$\prod_{k=1}^n k$$	the product from k equals one to n of k (n factorial)	Translate
$$\bigcup_{i=1}^n A_i$$	union of sets A sub i from i equals 1 to n	Translate
$$\bigcap_{i=1}^n A_i$$	intersection of sets A sub i from i equals 1 to n	Translate

Functions

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\varphi$$	phi (variant)	Translate
$$\varphi(0) = 0$$	phi of zero equals zero	Translate
$$f : A \to B$$	f is a function that maps from the set A to the set B	Translate
$$x \mapsto f(x)$$	x is mapped to f(x)	Translate
$$g: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{C}, \theta \mapsto g(\theta) := e^{i\theta}$$	g from R(real numbers) to C(complex numbers), theta maps to g of theta, defined as(given by) e to the i theta	Translate
$$f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}, x \mapsto f(x) := 1 + x^2$$	f from R(real numbers) to R, x maps to f of x, defined as(given by) one plus x squared	Translate
$$h: \mathbb{C} \to [0, \infty), z \mapsto h(z) := \|z\|$$	function h maps complex numbers C to the set of non-negative real numbers from zero to infinity, z maps to function h of z equals the modulus of z	Translate
$$\text{im}(f)$$	image or range of f	Translate
$$\text{im}(f) = B$$	the image(range) of f equals B	Translate
$$f: A \to \text{im}(f)$$	f from A to the image of f	Translate
$$f^{-1}$$	inverse function of f	Translate
$$f^{-1}(b) := a$$	f inverse of b is defined as(given by) a	Translate
$$f_{i,j}$$	f sub i comma j	Translate
$$f \circ g$$	f composed with g	Translate
$$\ker(f)$$	kernel of f	Translate
$$f(x)$$	f of x	Translate
$$\lim_{x \to 0}$$	x approaches 0	Translate

Calculus Operation Notations

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\frac{d}{dx}$$	d by dx (the derivation with respect to x)	Translate
$$\frac{d}{dx} f(x)$$	the derivative of f with respect to x	Translate
$$f'(x)$$	f prime of x (the derivative of f with respect to x)	Translate
$$\int f(x) dx$$	the integral of f with respect to x	Translate
$$\int_a^b f(x) dx$$	the definite integral of f from a to b with respect to x	Translate
$$\lim_{x \to a} f(x)$$	the limit of f as x approaches a	Translate
$$\oint f(x) dx$$	the line integral of f with respect to x	Translate

Vector calculus and physics

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$\nabla$$	nabla or del	Translate
$$\nabla f$$	gradient of(nabla) f	Translate
$$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{F}$$	divergence of(nabla dot) F	Translate
$$\nabla \times \mathbf{F}$$	curl of(nabla cross) F	Translate
$$\partial$$	partial	Translate
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial x} f(x)$$	the partial derivative of f with respect to x	Translate
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}$$	partial of f with respect to x	Translate
$$\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}$$	the second partial derivative of f with respect to x squared	Translate
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} ( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} )$$	The partial derivative with respect to x sub j of the partial derivative of f with respect to x sub i	Translate
$$\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_j \partial x_i}$$	The second partial derivative of f with respect to x sub j and x sub i	Translate
$$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}$$	dot product of vectors a and b	Translate
$$\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$$	cross product of vectors a and b	Translate

Matrix Operations

Expression	How to Read	Translate	Pronounce
$$A^T$$	transpose of matrix A	Translate
$$A^{-1}$$	inverse of matrix A	Translate

Complex Numbers

Expression	How to Read	Translate
$$z = a + bi$$	z equals a plus b i (complex number)	Translate
$$\|z\|$$	modulus of z	Translate
$$\arg(z)$$	argument of z	Translate
$$\overline{z}$$	complex conjugate of z	Translate

Differential Equations

Expression	How to Read	Translate	Pronounce
$$\frac{dy}{dx} = f(x,y)$$	dy by dx equals f of x and y (first-order differential equation)	Translate
$$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + p(x)\frac{dy}{dx} + q(x)y = r(x)$$	d squared y by dx squared plus p of x times dy by dx plus q of x times y equals r of x (second-order linear differential equation)	Translate

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