Mathematical English Usage - a Dictionary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

denote

[see also: call, designate, write, set, symbol, label, relabel, rename

Denote by P the space of...... [Not: “Note P the space of......'']

We let T denote the set of......

......with e0 denoting multiplication by f.

The wedge denotes that ei has been omitted.

Then we can find a subsequence (still denoted by an) such that an<1 for all n.

[Rather than: “Denote f=......”, write: Define <Set/Let/Write> f=......]



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