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Hi :)
Ok, so "Lim" does mean limits but just isn't short for the English
word "limits".

Also it's a generic term and NOT specifically about 1 type of limits,
such as either just the upper or just the lower ones.

2 of us did an internet search for the pedantically correct term =
"limes" and got stuff about fruit and rocks but nothing about
Calculus.  When i did another search and made it clear that "limes"
was Latin rather than English i got a few hits but nothing hugely
useful.  Searching for "limits" did get a ton of useful results that
normal users might find useful if they were doing their own research
outside of the LO help guides.  So i am not quite sure about how
useful it was to be pedantic because it just added confusion when we
were really just searching for a practical answer but it is
interesting to find the roots of words, so thanks for that :)

Regards from
Tom )


On 5 January 2014 10:14, Martin Srebotnjak <miles@filmsi.net> wrote:
Tom,

lim in equations all over the world means limes, which in plain English is
"limit", in Slovenian "meja" etc.
What's not clear?

Lp, m.


2014/1/5 Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com>

Hi :)
Thanks for pointing out my error.  So Olivier was correct with "limes"
and Anne-ology gave a good indication of the root of the word.  Is
there any chance of pointing out the correct interpretation of "Lim"?
If "lim" doesn't mean limit then what does it mean?

http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/25695/limes-limitis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes

Regards from
Tom :)


On 4 January 2014 20:37, Martin Srebotnjak <miles@filmsi.net> wrote:
Tom,

"lim" is an international mathematical symbol for "limes" (Latin), not
for
"limit" (English).
The notation "lim" was not "invented" by an American, but by a German -
Karl
Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass.

So by writing it is "short for "Limit"" and shortened in this way
because it
is "written so many times and often in tiny writing" you just made my
day
(or should I say evening?).

Lp, m.


2014/1/4 Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com>

Hi :)
In calculus "lim" is often short for "Limit" or "Limits" because the
word has to be written so many times and often in tiny writing.

So, i think i am agreeing with Anne-ology there :)
Regards from
Tom :)



On 4 January 2014 15:44, anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
       Lime was a term used in surveying limits where Limit is a
mathematical term -

           well, that's how I was taught,   ;-)



From: Thomas Hackert <thackert@nexgo.de>
Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:11 AM
Subject: [libreoffice-l10n] [Math] "Lime" or "Limit"
To: l10n@global.libreoffice.org


Hello @ll,
I am not sure, if someone else has reported it the last days (sorry,
I lost track, when what was reported the last days ... :( ), but at

<quote>
File:

starmath/source.po
Context:
commands.src RID_LIM_FROMX_HELP string.text
Comment:

qoyMy
</quote>

(or


https://translations.documentfoundation.org/de/libo_ui/translate.html#filter=incomplete&unit=48737240
)
I found the words

<quote>
Lime Subscript Bottom
</quote>

. Is it really "Lime"? A short search in the web seems to indicate,
that this would be a sort of stone, tree etc. The mathematical term
seems to be "Limit" (though I found "Limes" as well, so I am not
completely sure here, sorry ... :( ). Could someone explain it to me
(and then it would be nice, if – given that it is an error – this
could be fixed in the English text :) ), what is used in English?
TIA
Thomas.


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