Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

ءس

English translation:

dx

Added to glossary by Tim Friese
Jul 7, 2014 00:46
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Arabic term

ءس

Arabic to English Science Mathematics & Statistics
Found in integrals from a high school calculus exam (See here )Is this equivalent to dx? Some integrals read .ءس and some read ءس. Are these the same?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 dx

Discussion

DLyons Jul 7, 2014:
Here's an online example which I read as "integral of sqrt(x+1/x+2) dx"
تكا { جذر [ (س +1 ) / (س +2)]} ءس

Of course, x could be replaced by any variable, x, س and ءس are just dummies. But unless this refers to something physical like Time (conventionally, t rather than x), there's no reason to change it.
Ahmad Batiran Jul 7, 2014:
A hint for the (.) The (.) might be for the 'dot product' or الجُداء النقطي.
Ahmad Batiran Jul 7, 2014:
A potential clue Tim, I am not sure but I think (د) (daal) for دالّة, i.e. (f) for function, is written in this way (like hamzah) in Arabic math due to swift hand writing. If this is so, then the person who typed it thought it was hamzah. Good luck!
Tim Friese (asker) Jul 7, 2014:
Link See link here: http://imgur.com/cCgbTNd

Proposed translations

+1
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dx

Yes. ءس is actually dx.

I tried searching for an online reference for integration symbols and their equivalents in Arabic, but all I could find is this post from a forum. Hope it helps!

http://students-bh.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-100.html
Peer comment(s):

agree DLyons : Yes. The source is hard to read, but there are other examples online. See Note.
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