Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

amount

1
The quantities F and G differ by an arbitrarily small amount.

It is intuitively clear that the amount by which Sn exceeds zero should follow the exponential distribution.

It contributes half of the amount on the right hand side of (1).  

2
[to sth; to doing sth] When n=0, (7) just amounts to saying that......

This just amounts to a choice of units.


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