How are mathematical symbols read in Korean?

Question

Mathematical symbols are used internationally but each country read them in its own way. Moreover it is often difficult to find a comprehensive list.

I know that this question is very broad but I think that it could be useful to a lot of people to know how to read the most often found symbols.

By most general symbols I mean: limits, product/union over sets, integrals, (partial) derivatives, etc.

So this question is really about how to read math aloud. If I need to find the name of a particular notion like "signal processing" I can ask Wikipedia.

Edit: Here is a list of what I would like to see covered in an answer.

• Fraction: a/b is read "a over b" ;
• Functions: f(x) is read "f of x" ;
• Inverse image: f^{-1}(A) is read "the inverse image of A by f" ;
• Direct image: f(A) is read "the direct image of A by f" ;
• Powers: a^n is read "a to the n-th" ;
• Limits: lim_{x -> 0} f(x) = 0 can be read "limit of f of x is 0 when x goes to 0" ;
• Derivative: "df/dx" is read "the derivative of f with respect to x" ;
• Integral: "Integrate f from a to b with respect to x" ;
• Unions and Product of sets ;
• A ⊂ B is read "A susbset of B" ;
• a ∈ A is read "a in A" ;
• quantifiers: forall and exists ;
• symbols big sum and big product (ie. sum from n equals 0 to n = infinity) ;
• binomial coefficient ;
• how the reading of (3 + 2) * 2 differs from 3 + 2*2 ;
• how to read the for basic operations +,×,÷,- in context ;
• P(X|Y) is read "probability of X given Y" ;
• P(X = k) is read "probability that X becomes k" ;
• Square roots, n-th roots ;
• Elementary functions : exp, log, log_a, cos, sin, tan, cosh, sinh, tanh and their inverse.

I tried to be comprehensive on symbols you may find very often. If you think that I forget some very important symbols please notify me.

Answer 1

Reddit user /u/skyhi14 has written up a very good post on this fairly recently. Here's a link to his original post.

Arithmetic

• + − × ÷ = : 더하기, 빼기, 곱하기, 나누기, 은/는 respectively
• Decimal point : 점
• Parenthesis : 괄호 열고 / 괄호 닫고
• ± : 플러스마이너스

• +a, -a : 플러스 a, 마이너스 a

  48÷2(9+3) → 사십팔 나누기 이 괄호 열고 구 더하기 삼 괄호 닫고

Fraction

• a / b : b 분의 a

Powers and nth root

• n^2 : n의 제곱

• n^k : n의 k승 / n의 k제곱

  2^8 → 이의 팔승
  a^(1/8) → a의 팔분의 일승

• Square root : 루트

• Cubic root : 삼 승 루트

  -b ±√(b^2 − 4ac) / 2a → 이 에이 분의 마이너스 비 플러스마이너스 루트 비 제곱 마이너스 사 에이시

Factorial

• a! : a 팩토리얼

Logarithm

• log_a(x) : 로그 a x
• log(x) : 로그 x
• ln(x) : 자연로그 x / 엘엔 x

Limit

• lim(a→x) expr : 리미트 a가 x로 갈 때 expr
• lim(a→∞) expr : 리미트 a가 무한대로 갈 때 expr

Summation

• Σ (k=m→n) ak : 시그마 k는 m에서 n까지일 때 ak

Function

• f(x) : f x (에프 엑스)

Trigonometric function

• sin(x) : 사인 x
• cos, tan : 코사인, 탄젠트
• cosec/csc, sec, cot : 코시컨트, 시컨트, 코탄젠트
• asin, acos, atan, … : 아크사인, 아크코사인, 아크탄젠트

Integral

• ∫ f(x)dx : 인테그럴 f x dx(에프 엑스 디엑스)
• ∫[a,b] f(x)dx : 인테그럴 a에서 b까지 f x dx(에프 엑스 디엑스)

Symbols

• ∞ : 무한대
• ʹ : 프라임
• ^— : 바

Answer 2

Wow, it's a lot. I will answer some and I hope others will answer more!

Fraction: a/b is read "a over b" -> b분의 a (yes, the order is reversed!)

Functions: f(x) is read "f of x" -> 에프 엑스 (just f(x) read in Korean)

Powers: a^n is read "a to the n-th" -> a의 n제곱

+-*/: + -> 더하기, - -> 빼기, * -> 곱하기, / -> 나누기

+-*/ are always 더하기, 빼기, 곱하기, 나누기. They are not changed like 'multiplication' and 'times' in English, for example.

Answer 3

P(X|Y) : 사건Y가 일어났을 때의 사건 X의 조건부확률

또는 사건 Y에 대한 사건 X의 조건부 확률

또는 사건 Y가 일어났을때 사건 X가 일어날 확률

P(X=k) : X가 k일 확률

f:X -> Y : X를 f의 정의역, Y를 f의 공역. f(X)는 f의 치역

f^{-1}(A) : f에 의한 A의 역상

sinh : 쌍곡사인(hyperbolic sine) 또는 하이퍼 사인

df/dx : f의 x에서의 미분