1. THE LANGUAGE OF MATHEMATICS

5 2 + 3 10 2 (6 2) + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 all look di erent, but are all just di erent names for the same number. synonyms; di erent names for the same object This simple idea|that numbers have lots of di erent names|is extremely im-portant in mathematics! English has the same concept: synonyms are words that have the same (or nearly the same ...