FOREWORD

We decided to devote this issue of the TICMI Lecture Notes to English-Georgian-Russian-German-French-Italian Glossary of Mathematical Terms which we find very useful for TICMI Advance Courses listeners and not only for them.

The present glossary is joint work of mathematicians and language specialists being employed with I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of Tbilisi State University.

Beside live scientific and educational mathematical publications the following dictionaries have been used:

1. Ts. Gabeskiria. English-Georgian Mathematical Dictionary. Tbilisi University Press. 1983,167p.

2. K. Kadagidze. Deutsh-Georgisches Mathematisches Wörterbuch. „Zodna“ Press. 1963, 151p.

3. A.J. Lohwater. Russian-English Dictionary of the Mathematical Sciences. Second Edition. Revised and Expanded. Edited by R. P. Boas. American Mathematical Society. Providence. Rhode Island. 1990, 343p.

4. English-Russian Dictionary of Mathematical Terms. Second Edition. Revised and Extended. Editor P.S. Alexandrov. Moscow, Mir. 1994, 416p.

5. Deutsh-Russisches Mathematisches Wörterbuch. Herausgegeben von C. A. Kalushnin. Moskau. Verlag „Russkii Yazyk“. 1990, 559p.

6. A.I. Shishmarev, A.P. Zamorin. Explanatory Dictionary of Computing Machinery and Data Processing English-Russian-German-French, Second Stereotyped Edition. Edited by A.A. Dorodnizin. Moscow. Russian Language Publishers. 1981, 416p.

The glossary is available both in printed and CD conversational mode forms.

Compilers of Glossary:

Antidze, Jemal [French, Georgian]

Datashvili, Guranda [French, Georgian]

Gabeskiria, Tsitsino [English, French, Georgian, Italian, Russian]

Jaiani, George [Georgian, German, Italian, Russian]

Soft wear board:

Antidze, Jemal [Head]

Nadiradze, Irakli [programming]

Chabashvili, Mariko [Data Base]

Iordanishvili, Nora [Data Base]

Jgarkava, Nazi [Data Base]

Khasia, Bochia [Data Base]

Meladze, Nanuli [Data Base]

Purtseladze, Keso [Data Base].

Editor