Mathematical English Usage - a Dictionary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

turn

1
[see also: rotation] A turn through π/3 restores the position of the needle.

The algorithm compares x with each entry in turn until a match is found or the list is exhausted.

The orbits of H on B are unions of orbits of N on G, which in turn are orbits of N on G1, G2 and G3.

2
 [see also: proceed, change into, make into, transform, appear, go back] We now turn to a brief discussion of another concept which is relevant to John's theorem.

We now turn to estimating Tf.

Implementation is the task of turning an algorithm into a computer program.

We turn the set of...... into a category by defining the morphisms to be......

We now turn back to our main question.

It turns out that A is not merely symmetric, but actually selfadjoint.

This condition also turns out to be necessary.

However, this equality turned out to be a mere coincidence.

It should come as no surprise that a condition like ai≠ bi turns up in this theorem. [= appears]



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