Maths Thesaurus

Submitted by Mary on Tue, 2009-11-10 18:20

This site contains
brief explanations of mathematical terms and ideas. Part of the Millennium
Mathematics Project, which has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. This
is the highest award for achievement to the higher and further education sector
and is the educational and research counterpart of the Queen's Award to
Industry.
 

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

Connecting Mathematics

Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Vocabulary URL: 

http://thesaurus.maths.org

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and some Spanish

Major subjects covered: 

Mathematics

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Alphabetical list
Type of terms: 

Mathematical concepts

Relationship types: 
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Other (explain in the Comments field)
Characteristics Comments: 

 Other relationships: References ("A link to a term used in
explaining this idea), Referenced By ("Links to ideas which build on this
one."

Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
Free for online viewing.
Comments, Availability: 

 

Licensing Options: 

 Copyright University of Cambridge and Partners. "We make both the content and the code of this site available under open source licences." "Source code is copyright University of Cambridge, and is available under this MIT style source licence. Data is copyright the respective contributors, and is available under this MIT style content licence." 

Import/download instructions : 

"This web site is a java web application that runs in a
v2.3 (or later) servlet container such as Apache Tomcat, Resin or WebSphere. To
mirror the site, download the latest mmkb tgz or zip file, extract the contents
and read the installation instructions in docs/INSTALL.TXT.
We also plan to release a simple to use Setup file so you
can install a copy for personal use on a Windows machine. This is not yet
available, though the distribution does run on Windows if you follow the
instructions in docs/INSTALL.TXT."
 

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
University of Cambridge
Provider URL: 

http://www.cam.ac.uk

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