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China Terminology ›› 2019, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 68-71.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2019.02.014

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Traceability of “tuopuxue”

HUANG Heqing   

  • Received:2018-11-23 Online:2019-04-25 Published:2019-04-23

Abstract:

Topology is a discipline in mathematics. This subject was once called“xingshi jihexue” in Chinese, which was created by mathematician Jiang Zehan, but it was not used for a long time, and later topology was translated into“tuopuxue”. Topology is a transliteration word with both sound and meaning, which may be emerged in the 1940s.

Key words: topology, noun, transliteration

CLC Number:  (数学)