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Is there a definitive guide to speaking mathematics?
This may be an incredibly stupid question, but I was wondering how would one pronounce simple mathematical equations and expressions out loud? I am often in the situation that I am trying to explain something in math to someone out loud and struggling with how to say it.
For parentheses, I often use pauses to emphasize the order for calculation.
For example, for
$x-(x+1)$
I would generally read this as "x minus (pause) x plus 1". The faults of this method are clear, and it does not work very well, because some might think I am saying.
$x-x+1$
Similarly, it is confusing to pronounce $\sqrt{ab}+c$ over $\sqrt{ab+c}$, $a^{b-1}$ over $a^b-1$, etc.
Another way I have tried more recently is to say "bracket" and "end bracket," so the above would be read as "x minus, bracket, x plus 1, end bracket." This method seems to work, but I was wondering if anyone has a better solution then this.
Also, I was wondering on the pronunciation of subscripts. I generally pronounce $a_b$ as "a sub b" but I hear many other people call this simply "ab" (which is confusion because that is how I would pronounce $ab$).