Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
gegen 0 streben lassen
English translation:
make it tend toward zero
Added to glossary by
Natalie Wilcock (X)
Jun 13, 2004 13:35
19 yrs ago
German term
Natalie Wilcock (X)
gegen 0 streben lassen
German to English
Science
Mathematics & Statistics
Wir können die zeitstetige Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit bis zum Zeitpunkt ? unter der Bedingung des Nicht-Ausfalls bis zum Zeitpunkt ? berechnen, indem wir die Grenze ? gegen 0 streben lassen.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | make it tend toward zero |
Carl Stoll
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| 4 +1 | let the limit approach zero |
Jeff Steffin
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Change log
Aug 3, 2005 12:34: Natalie Wilcock (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Mathematics & Statistics"
Proposed translations
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make it tend toward zero
When you have a limits equation that relates two variables x and y, and you make x tend toward zero, y in its turn approaches another value, which can be infinity, zero, one, etc.
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let the limit approach zero
let the limit approach zero, nur eine Empfehlung
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Carl Stoll
: I am unsettled by this reference to a limit approaching zero. Normally, a limit does not approach anything; it is the variable which approaches the limit, which is a constant. But I suppose you can postulate a series of limits, applied serially.
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