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[citation needed] Although the Chinese were more focused on arithmetic and advanced algebra for astronomical uses, they were also the first to develop negative numbers, algebraic geometry, and the usage of decimals. Math was one of the Six Arts students were required to master during the Zhou dynasty (1122–256 BCE).
The order of operations, that is, the order in which the operations in an expression are usually performed, results from a convention adopted throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages. It is summarized as: [2] [5] Parentheses; Exponentiation; Multiplication and division; Addition and subtraction
I believe the most intuitive way is to mention the names in Western order on the first line and then provide Chinese names and transliterations in native order using a table/template. For example, Mao Zedong should be noted in the intro as Zedong (Tse-tong) Mao , then the rest of the article is free to use native name order and most common name ...
Character sequences for words with a single meaning, often consisting of two characters, seldom three, are written without intervening hyphen or space. This also holds for compound words combining two words to one meaning: hǎifēng (simplified Chinese: 海风; traditional Chinese: 海風, sea breeze). Summary from the Library of Congress:
The surname stroke order (Chinese: 姓氏笔划排序) is a system for the collation of Chinese surnames. It arose as an impartial method of categorization of the order in which names appear in official documentation or in ceremonial procedure without any line of hierarchy.
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
SOC – second order condition. Soln – solution. Sp – symplectic group. Sp – trace of a matrix, from the German "spur" used for the trace. sp, span – linear span of a set of vectors. (Also written with angle brackets.) Spec – spectrum of a ring. Spin – spin group. sqrt – square root. s.t. – such that or so that or subject to.
First-order logic, a formal logical system used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science; First-order predicate, a predicate that takes only individual(s) constants or variables as argument(s) First-order predicate calculus; First-order theorem provers; First-order theory; Monadic first-order logic