Mathematical English Usage - a Dictionary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

adapt

[≠ adopt; see also: adjust, alter, change, convert, modify, vary, fit, suitable

The proof of Theorem 5 is easily adapted to any open set.

The method of proof of Theorem B can be adapted to extend the right-to-left direction of Mostowski's result by showing that......

This definition is well adapted for dealing with meromorphic functions.

The hypotheses of [4] are different, however, and do not seem to adapt easily to the time-inhomogeneous case.



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