Re: abutment

[jim stasheff <jds@math.upenn.edu>]

Eduardo J. Dubuc wrote:
> Well Michael, I do not have at hand your original post. What I do
> remember of
> that post is that you ask for an english translation of the word
> "aboutissement", not for a translation a whole sentence containing
> that word.
>
> In my whole experience reading mathematics written in english, I do not
> remember to have seen the word "abutment".
>
> On the other hand, I am tired of reading spanish translations (from
> english or
> french or russian) of mathematical texts where single words are
> replaced by
> their spanish translations, and the result is completely alien to
> standard
> mathematical spanish.
>
> Does the word "abutment" belong to standard mathematical english ?
>
> Eduardo.
I thought the references I sent showed it is indeed standard
mathematical english
at least for those who speak the subdialect of spectral sequences
even more common is the construction
the _ spectral sequence abuts to....

jim