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Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Grammarphobia Blog: Why is “m” a symbol for slope?

The Grammarphobia Blog: Why is “m” a symbol for slope?: "In Mathematical Circles Revisited (2003), the math historian Howard W. Eves suggests that it doesn’t matter why “m” has come to represent slope.

“When lecturing before an analytic geometry class during the early part of the course,” he writes, “one may say: ‘We designate the slope of a line by m, because the word slope starts with the letter m; I know of no better reason.’ ”"



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