Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

aim

[see also: desire, end, objective, task, purpose, intention]

1
Our first aim is to study the ergodic properties of T.

the broad <general/central/main/major/primary/limited/modest/underlying/original> aim  

2
 [see also: design, intend] We aim to prove the following inequality:......

These results therefore describe the very close connection between the method of encoding and the structures we are aiming to classify.


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