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Capitalization and hyphenation for prefixed adjectives derived from proper names in mathematics
In mathematics, it often occurs that the last names of famous mathematicians are used as adjectives with mathematical meaning. Most of these adjectives are written with a capital letter. Then, ...
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Hyphens after the prefixes “non-” and “anti-” in mathematics
Is there a convention when to attach the prefixes non- and anti- to mathematical terms using a hyphen and when without?
One uses non-zero but also noncommutative.
Likewise for anti-. I no longer ...
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“Parametrise” or “parameterise” a curve?
In British English, which one is correct? Does one parameterise a curve or parametrise it?
