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English term or phrase:
F'/F*
English answer:
F prime/F star (asterisk)
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F' and F*
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I need help with these two pieces of mathematical notation.
Do you know how they are read in English??
Thank you in advance!!
Do you know how they are read in English??
Thank you in advance!!
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| 4 +2 | F prime and F star |
jccantrell
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| 4 +2 | derivative, transpose |
Didier Fourcot
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| 4 +1 | me try |
Marcus Malabad
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| 5 | F-prime and F-star |
Alaa Zeineldine
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F prime and F star
That is how I would read them.
My take on it from the USA.
My take on it from the USA.
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me try
depends really on what comes after but I would read them thus:
F apostrophe
F asterisk
F apostrophe
F asterisk
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derivative, transpose
F' is the derivative of a function:
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/2/definition.12...
F* as far as I know is not used for a function, but can be used for a matrix, this is the transposed matrix:
http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/Tutorials/MPI/alliance/apply/transpose...
Special notations apply for Matlab:
http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/matrix/intro.html
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/2/definition.12...
F* as far as I know is not used for a function, but can be used for a matrix, this is the transposed matrix:
http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/Tutorials/MPI/alliance/apply/transpose...
Special notations apply for Matlab:
http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/matrix/intro.html
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F-prime and F-star
The meaning may be different depending on the discipline, but when reading a formula or equation n English, the notation is normally pronounced as F-prime and F-star.
Didlier's explanation is from calculus and matrix algebra respectively.
F* also is typically used for the "closure of F".
F' is frequently used for "a variation of F", e.g. "given the set F, find F' such that L(F') = G(F), where L and G are given functions".
Hope this helps,
Alaa Zeineldine
Didlier's explanation is from calculus and matrix algebra respectively.
F* also is typically used for the "closure of F".
F' is frequently used for "a variation of F", e.g. "given the set F, find F' such that L(F') = G(F), where L and G are given functions".
Hope this helps,
Alaa Zeineldine
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