数学专业英语第二版的课文翻译
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What
is
mathematics
Mathematics
comes
from
man’s
social
practice,
for
example,
industrial
and
agricultural
production,
commercial
activities,
military
operations
and scientific
and technological researches. And in turn,
mathematics serves the
practice
and
plays
a
great
role
in
all
fields.
No
modern
scientific
and
technological
branches could be regularly developed
without the application of mathematics.
数
学来源于人类的社会实践,比如工农业生产,商业活动,
军事行动和科学技术研究。反过
来,数学服务于实践,并在各个
领域中起着非常重要的作用。
没有应用数学,任何一个现
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在的科技的分支都不能正常发展。
From
the
early
need
of
man
came
the
concepts
of
numbers
and
forms.
Then,
geometry
developed
out
of
problems
of
measuring
land
,
and
trigonometry came from problems of
surveying . To deal with some more complex
practical
problems,
man
established
and
then
solved
equation
with
unknown
numbers ,thus
algebra occurred. Before 17th century, man
confined himself to the
elementary
mathematics, . , geometry, trigonometry and
algebra, in which only the
constants
are
considered.
很
早的时候,人类的需要产生了数和形式的概念,接着,测量
土地的需要形成了几何,
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出于测量的需要产生了三角几何,
为了处理更复杂的实际问题,
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人
类建立和解决了带未知参数的方程,从而产生了代数学,
17
世纪前,人类局限于只考虑常
数的初等数学
,即几何,三角几何和代数。
The rapid development of
industry in 17th
century
promoted
the
progress
of
economics
and
technology
and
required
dealing
with
variable quantities.
The leap from constants to variable quantities
brought about
two
new
branches
of
mathematics----analytic
geometry
and
calculus,
which
belong
to
the
higher mathematics. Now there are many branches in
higher mathematics, among
which are
mathematical analysis, higher algebra,
differential
equations, function
theory and so on.
17
世纪工业的快速发展推动了经济技术的进步,
从而遇到需要处理变
量的问题,从常数带变量的跳跃产生了两个新的数学分
支
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解析几何和微积分,他们都
属于高等数学,现在高等数学里面有很多分支,其中有数学分析,高等代数,微分方程,函
数论等。
Mathematicians study conceptions
and propositions, Axioms, postulates,
definitions
and
theorems
are
all
propositions.
Notations
are
a
special
and
powerful
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tool
of
mathematics
and
are
used
to
express
conceptions
and
propositions
very
often.
Formulas ,figures and charts are full
of different symbols.
Some
of the
best known
symbols of mathematics are the Arabic
numerals 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 and the signs
of addition, subtraction ,
multiplication, division and equality.
数学家研究的是
概念和命题,公理,公设,定义和定理都是命题。符号是数学中一个特殊
而有用的工具,常
用于表达概念和命题。公式,图表都是不同的符号……..The
conclusions
in
mathematics
are
obtained
mainly
by
logical
deductions
and
computation.
For
a
long
period
of
the
history of
mathematics, the centric place of mathematics
methods was occupied by
the
logical
deductions.
Now
,
since
electronic
computers
are
developed
promptly
and
used
widely,
the
role
of
computation
becomes
more
and
more
important.
In
our
times,
computation is not only used to deal
with a lot of information and data, but also
to
carry
out
some
work
that
merely
could
be
done
earlier
by
logical
deductions,
for
example, the proof of
most of geometrical theorems.
数学结论主要由逻辑
推理和计算
得到,
在数学发展历史的很长时间内,逻辑推理一直
占据着数学方法的中心地位,
现在,由
于电子计算机的迅速发展
和广泛使用,
计算机的地位越来越重要,
现在计算机不仅用于处
理
大量的信息和数据,
还可以完成一些之前只能由逻辑推理来做
的工作,
例如,
大多数几何定
理的证明
。
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Equation
An
equation
is
a
statement
of
the
equality
between
two
equal
numbers
or number symbols. Equation are of two kinds----
identities and equations
of condition.
An arithmetic or an algebraic identity is an
equation. In such an
equation either
the two members are alike. Or become alike on the
performance of
the indicated operation.
等式是关于两个数或者数的符号相等的一种描述。等式有两种
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恒等式和条件等式。
算术或者代数恒等式是等式。
这种等式的两
端要么一样,
要么经过执
行指定的运算后变成一样。
An identity involving letters is true for any set of
numerical values of the
letters in it. An equation which is true only for
certain
values of a letter in it, or
for certain sets of related values of two or more
of
its
letters,
is
an
equation
of
condition,
or
simply
an
equation.
Thus
3x-5=7
is
true
for x=4 only; and 2x-y=0 is true
for
x=6
and
y=2 and
for
many
other pairs of
values
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含有字母的恒等式对其中字母的任
一组数值都成立。一个等式若仅仅对其中
一个字母的某些值成立,
或对其中两个或着多个字母的若干组相关的值成立,
则它是一个条
件等式,简称方程。因此
3x-5=7
仅当
x=4
时成立,而
2x-y=0
,当
x=6,y=2
时成立,且对
x,
y
的其他许多对值也成立。
A
root
of
an
equation
is
any
number
or
number
symbol
which
satisfies
the
equation.
There
are
various
kinds
of
equation.
They
are
linear
equation,
quadratic
equation, etc.
方程的根是满足方程的任意数或者数的符号。方程有很
多种,
例如:
线性方程,二次方程等。
To solve an
equation means to find the value of the
unknown
term.
To
do
this
,
we
must,
of
course,
change
the
terms
about
until
the
unknown
term stands alone on one side of the
equation, thus making it equal to something
on the other side. We then obtain the
value of the unknown and the answer to the
question.
To
solve
the
equation,
therefore,
means
to
move
and
change
the
terms
about
without making the equation untrue,
until only the unknown quantity is left
on one
side ,no matter
which
side.
解方程意味着求未知项的值,为了求未知项的值,当然必须
移项,
直到未知项单独在方程的一边,令其等于方程的另一边,从而求得未知项
的值,
解决
了问题。
因此解方程意味着
进行一系列的移项和同解变形,
直到未知量被单独留在方程的一
边,无论那一边。
Equation are of very great use.
We can use equation in many
mathematical
problems.
We
may
notice
that
almost
every
problem
gives
us
one
or
more
statements
that
something
is
equal
to
something,
this
gives
us
equations,
with
which
we may work if we need
it.
方程作用很大,可以用方程解决很多数学问题。注意到几乎
每一个问题都给出一个或多个关于一个事情与另一个事情相等的陈述,
这就给出了方
程,
利
用该方程,如果我们需要的话,可以解方程。
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Why
study
geometry
Many
leading
institutions
of
higher
learning
have
recognized that positive benefits can
be gained by all who study this branch of
mathematics. This is evident from the
fact that they require study of geometry as
a
prerequisite
to
matriculation
in
those
schools.
许多
居于领导地位的学术机构承认,
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所有学习这个数学分支的人都将得到确实的受益,
许多学校把几何的学习作
为入学考试的先
决条件,从这一点上可以证明。
Geometr
y
had
its
origin
long
ago
in
the
measurement
by
the Babylonians and
Egyptians of their lands inundated by the floods
of the Nile
River. The greek word
geometry is derived from geo,
meaning
“earth” and metron,
meaning
“measure”
.
As
early
as
2000
.
we
find
the
land
surveyors
of
these
people
re-
establishing vanishing landmarks and boundaries by
utilizing the truths of
geometry .
几何学起源于很久以前巴比伦人和埃及人测量他们被尼罗河洪水淹没的土地,
希腊语几何来源于
geo
,意思是”土地“,和
metron
意思是”测量“。公元前
2000
年之
前,我们发现这些民族的土地测量者利用几何知识重新确定消失了的土地标志和边界。
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Some
geometrical
terms
A
solid
is
a
three-dimensional
figure.
Common
examples
of solids are cube,
sphere, cylinder, cone and pyramid. A cube has six
faces which
are
smooth
and
flat.
These
faces
are
called
plane
surfaces
or
simply
planes.
A
plane
surface has two
dimensions, length and width. The surface of a
blackboard or of a
tabletop is an
example of a plane surface.
立体是一个三维图形,立
体常见的例子是
立方体,球体,柱体,圆锥和棱锥。立方体有
6
个面,都是光滑的和平的,这些面被称为平
面曲面或者简称为平
面。
平面曲面是二维的,
有长度和宽度,
黑板和桌子上面的面都是平面
曲面的例子。
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三角函数于直角三角形的解
One
of
the
most
important
applications
of trigonometry is the solution of
triangles. Let us now take up the solution to
right triangles. A triangle is composed
of six
parts three sides
and
three angles.
To
solve
a
triangle
is
to
find
the
parts
not
given.
A
triangle
may
be
solved
if
three
parts (at least one of
these
is a side )
are
given. A right triangle
has
one
angle,
the right angle,
always given. Thus a right triangle can be solved
when two sides,
or one side and an
acute angle, are given.
三角形最重要的应用之一是解三角
形,现
在我们来解直角三角形。
一个三角形由
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个部分组成,
三条边和三只角。
解一个三角形就是
要求出未知的部分。
如果三角形的三个部分
(其中至少有一个为边)为已知,则此三角形就
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的一只角,即直角,总是已知的。因此,如果它的两边,或一边和一
锐角为已知,则此直
角三角形可解。
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Introduction A large variety of scientific
problems arise in which one tries
to
determine
something
from
its
rate
of
change.
For
example
,
we
could
try
to
compute
the
position
of
a
moving
particle
from
a
knowledge
of
its
velocity
or
acceleration.
Or a radioactive substance may be
disintegrating at a known rate and we may be
required to determine the amount of
material present after a given time.
大量
的
科学问题需要人们根据事物的变化率来确定该事物,
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我们可以由已知速度或者加速度
来计算移动粒子的位置
.
又如,
某种放射性物质可能正在以已知的速度
进行衰变,
需要我们
确定在给定的时间后遗留物质的总量。
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In
examples
like
these,
we
are
trying
to
determine
an
unknown
function
from
prescribed
information
expressed
in
the
form
of
an
equation
involving
at
least
one
of
the
derivatives
of
the
unknown
function
.
These
equations
are
called
differential
equations,
and
their
study
forms
one
of
the
most
challenging
branches of mathematics.
在类似
的例子中,我们力求由方程的形式表示的信息来确定未
知函数,
而这种方程至少包含了未知函数的一个导数。
这些方程称为微分方程,
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成了数学中最具有挑战性的一门分支。
The
study
of
differential
equations
is
one
part
of mathematics that, perhaps more than
any other, has been directly inspired by
mechanics, astronomy, and mathematical
physics.
微分方程的研究是数学的一部分,也
许比其
他分支更多的直接受到力学,天文学和数学物理的推动。
Its
history
began
in
the
17th
century
when
Newton,
Leibniz,
and
the
Bernoullis
solved
some
simple
differential
equations
arising
from
problems
in
geometry
and
mechanics.
These
early
discoveries, beginning
about 1690, gradually led to the development of a
lot of
“special tricks” for solving
certain special kinds of differential equation. 微<
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分方程起源于
17
世纪,当时牛顿,莱布
尼茨,波努力家族解决了一些来自几何和力学的简
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