Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-12-07 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2017-12-04 23:52, Dima Pasechnik wrote: I will open a trac ticket changing Math* to Wiskunde. Great idea! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sag

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-12-05 Thread Jori Mäntysalo
On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Dima Pasechnik wrote: Mind you, some components of Sage have versions of the same command in two different English spellings, e.g. GAP has Center() and Centre(). But the Sage source code itseself contains only one "centre", in documentation of src/sage/groups/perm_gps/perm

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-12-02 Thread Andrew
On Wednesday, 29 November 2017 10:18:54 UTC+1, John Cremona wrote: > > Please can we just use "mathematics" and not argue about abbreviations? > > +1 As an Australian,"math" sounds as wrong to me as I imagine that "maths" does to north Americans. Andrew -- You received this message because

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-11-30 Thread William Stein
John Cremona: > Please can we just use "mathematics" and not argue about abbreviations? -- > John +1000 On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Matthew Schroeder wrote: > Dear John, > > Thank you for your interest in resolving this problem. > > To answer your question I am referring to > http://www.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-11-30 Thread Thierry Dumont
Le 29/11/2017 à 08:40, Emmanuel Charpentier a écrit : > In French, we name that "les mathématiques"... ISTR that there are > serious etymological reasons. The US's "math" sounds like carelessness > (and the french "désinvolture" would be a better designation...). > > -- > Emmanuel Charpentier > W

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-11-29 Thread kcrisman
Please can we just use "mathematics" and not argue about abbreviations? > Perhaps we should go back to being called geometers! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Issue with quick start

2017-11-29 Thread John Cremona
Please can we just use "mathematics" and not argue about abbreviations? John On 29 November 2017 at 07:40, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > In French, we name that "les mathématiques"... ISTR that there are serious > etymological reasons. The US's "math" sounds like carelessness (and the > french "