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This is a bit nitpicky, but so you're aware: the term is differentiable, not derivable. You differentiate a function, you don't derive it.
by adenadel 9y ago
This is a bit nitpicky, but so you're aware: the term is differentiable, not derivable. You differentiate a function, you don't derive it.
- thanatropism 9y agoEssa é uma questão lingüística, não matemática. Em português há uma diferença diminuta de sentido entre "diferenciável" e "derivável" (na Análise Matemática mesmo), mas não recordo mais qual. O inglês sendo o idioma mutante que é, talvez acabe absorvendo essa diferença de nomenclaturas dessa forma: derivable x differentiable.
- adenadel 9y agoI understand that it is simply a difference of language and that the intent is the same, but in mathematics precision of language is incredibly important. This is a common error in English.
- fusiongyro 9y agoI just want to reflect on the irony of your having no trouble replying to a comment in Portuguese about how it's important to use the right term. This whole thing has brightened my day.
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- ORioN63 9y agoTranslation: That's a linguistic question, not a mathematics one. In Portuguese there's a very small difference between "differentiable" and "derivable" (in the context of Math Analysis), but I don't recall it. English being a mutable language, may end up absorbing the difference between nomenclatures in that way (??): derivable x differentiable.
- ORioN63 9y agoTranslation: That's a linguistic question, not a mathematics one. In Portuguese there's a very small difference between "differentiable" and "derivable" (in the context of Math Analysis), but I don't recall it. English being a mutable language, may end up absorbing the difference between nomenclatures in that way (??): derivable x differentiable.
- d--b 9y agoSorry French guy here. Wrong translation . Thanks for pointing out