“abuse of notation” in German

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How do you express the common phrases "by an abuse of notation", "abusing the notation", etc. in German without invoking negative connotations? (Without this addendum, I'd have asked at german.se.) "Durch/Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise/Notation" looks horrible to me, in particular due to sexual allegations of the word "Missbrauch". How do they (e.g., folks such as Harro Heuser, or, from the further past, Edmund Landau, David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, von Neumann, etc.) typically write it in German books on mathematical subjects?



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Abusing the notation, we write ℚ⊂ℝ, viewing the rational numbers as particular real numbers.




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How do you express the common phrases "by an abuse of notation", "abusing the notation", etc. in German without invoking negative connotations? (Without this addendum, I'd have asked at german.se.) "Durch/Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise/Notation" looks horrible to me, in particular due to sexual allegations of the word "Missbrauch". How do they (e.g., folks such as Harro Heuser, or, from the further past, Edmund Landau, David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, von Neumann, etc.) typically write it in German books on mathematical subjects?



An example of the original sentence:




Abusing the notation, we write ℚ⊂ℝ, viewing the rational numbers as particular real numbers.




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How do you express the common phrases "by an abuse of notation", "abusing the notation", etc. in German without invoking negative connotations? (Without this addendum, I'd have asked at german.se.) "Durch/Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise/Notation" looks horrible to me, in particular due to sexual allegations of the word "Missbrauch". How do they (e.g., folks such as Harro Heuser, or, from the further past, Edmund Landau, David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, von Neumann, etc.) typically write it in German books on mathematical subjects?



An example of the original sentence:




Abusing the notation, we write ℚ⊂ℝ, viewing the rational numbers as particular real numbers.




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How do you express the common phrases "by an abuse of notation", "abusing the notation", etc. in German without invoking negative connotations? (Without this addendum, I'd have asked at german.se.) "Durch/Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise/Notation" looks horrible to me, in particular due to sexual allegations of the word "Missbrauch". How do they (e.g., folks such as Harro Heuser, or, from the further past, Edmund Landau, David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, von Neumann, etc.) typically write it in German books on mathematical subjects?



An example of the original sentence:




Abusing the notation, we write ℚ⊂ℝ, viewing the rational numbers as particular real numbers.




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  • For me as Swede, the word missbruk primarily gives me associations to use of drugs rather than to sexual abuse.
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  • For me as Swede, the word missbruk primarily gives me associations to use of drugs rather than to sexual abuse.
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For me as Swede, the word missbruk primarily gives me associations to use of drugs rather than to sexual abuse.
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The English "abuse" is adequately translated by the German "Missbrauch". In both languages it may have a sexual connotation, but if you read it in a mathematical text you would never interpret it like that. It often occurs as a compound with other nouns, for example "Alkoholmissbrauch" or "Machtmissbrauch".



An example of a mathematical text containing the phrase is https://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/riemenschneider/anvorl3.pdf p.568 (the spelling is old orthography). It seems to me that the following variants are not bad:



  • Unter Missbrauch der Notation schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


  • Wir schreiben missbräuchlich $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


  • Wir verwenden die missbräuchliche Schreibweise $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


Note that the following does not sound nice:



  • Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$

However, perhaps you should also ask a question in https://german.stackexchange.com/






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  • "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
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I would say "Durch Missbrauch der Notation" but "Notationsmissbrauch" is also quite common as far as I am aware so "Durch einen Notationsmissbrauch wird es als ℚ⊂ℝ geschrieben, damit die rationale Zahlen als bestimmte reelle Zahlen darzustellen." Or something like that.






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    The English "abuse" is adequately translated by the German "Missbrauch". In both languages it may have a sexual connotation, but if you read it in a mathematical text you would never interpret it like that. It often occurs as a compound with other nouns, for example "Alkoholmissbrauch" or "Machtmissbrauch".



    An example of a mathematical text containing the phrase is https://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/riemenschneider/anvorl3.pdf p.568 (the spelling is old orthography). It seems to me that the following variants are not bad:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Notation schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir schreiben missbräuchlich $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir verwenden die missbräuchliche Schreibweise $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    Note that the following does not sound nice:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$

    However, perhaps you should also ask a question in https://german.stackexchange.com/






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    • "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
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    The English "abuse" is adequately translated by the German "Missbrauch". In both languages it may have a sexual connotation, but if you read it in a mathematical text you would never interpret it like that. It often occurs as a compound with other nouns, for example "Alkoholmissbrauch" or "Machtmissbrauch".



    An example of a mathematical text containing the phrase is https://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/riemenschneider/anvorl3.pdf p.568 (the spelling is old orthography). It seems to me that the following variants are not bad:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Notation schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir schreiben missbräuchlich $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir verwenden die missbräuchliche Schreibweise $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    Note that the following does not sound nice:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$

    However, perhaps you should also ask a question in https://german.stackexchange.com/






    share|cite|improve this answer






















    • "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
      – user49915
      28 mins ago













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    The English "abuse" is adequately translated by the German "Missbrauch". In both languages it may have a sexual connotation, but if you read it in a mathematical text you would never interpret it like that. It often occurs as a compound with other nouns, for example "Alkoholmissbrauch" or "Machtmissbrauch".



    An example of a mathematical text containing the phrase is https://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/riemenschneider/anvorl3.pdf p.568 (the spelling is old orthography). It seems to me that the following variants are not bad:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Notation schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir schreiben missbräuchlich $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir verwenden die missbräuchliche Schreibweise $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    Note that the following does not sound nice:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$

    However, perhaps you should also ask a question in https://german.stackexchange.com/






    share|cite|improve this answer














    The English "abuse" is adequately translated by the German "Missbrauch". In both languages it may have a sexual connotation, but if you read it in a mathematical text you would never interpret it like that. It often occurs as a compound with other nouns, for example "Alkoholmissbrauch" or "Machtmissbrauch".



    An example of a mathematical text containing the phrase is https://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/riemenschneider/anvorl3.pdf p.568 (the spelling is old orthography). It seems to me that the following variants are not bad:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Notation schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir schreiben missbräuchlich $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    • Wir verwenden die missbräuchliche Schreibweise $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$


    Note that the following does not sound nice:



    • Unter Missbrauch der Schreibweise schreiben wir $mathbbQ subset mathbbR$

    However, perhaps you should also ask a question in https://german.stackexchange.com/







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    • "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
      – user49915
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    • "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
      – user49915
      28 mins ago
















    "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
    – user49915
    28 mins ago





    "Unter Mißbrauch der Schreibweise" is found there. One should notice that the author you've cited is not the most prolific German writer, as you can find "Sinn machen" (instead of "Sinn ergeben"). Still, I'm glad that you've aswered, thank you!
    – user49915
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    I would say "Durch Missbrauch der Notation" but "Notationsmissbrauch" is also quite common as far as I am aware so "Durch einen Notationsmissbrauch wird es als ℚ⊂ℝ geschrieben, damit die rationale Zahlen als bestimmte reelle Zahlen darzustellen." Or something like that.






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      I would say "Durch Missbrauch der Notation" but "Notationsmissbrauch" is also quite common as far as I am aware so "Durch einen Notationsmissbrauch wird es als ℚ⊂ℝ geschrieben, damit die rationale Zahlen als bestimmte reelle Zahlen darzustellen." Or something like that.






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        I would say "Durch Missbrauch der Notation" but "Notationsmissbrauch" is also quite common as far as I am aware so "Durch einen Notationsmissbrauch wird es als ℚ⊂ℝ geschrieben, damit die rationale Zahlen als bestimmte reelle Zahlen darzustellen." Or something like that.






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        I would say "Durch Missbrauch der Notation" but "Notationsmissbrauch" is also quite common as far as I am aware so "Durch einen Notationsmissbrauch wird es als ℚ⊂ℝ geschrieben, damit die rationale Zahlen als bestimmte reelle Zahlen darzustellen." Or something like that.







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