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Other symbols I have seen used for "is defined to be equal to" are three horizontal lines instead of two, and $=$ with either a triangle or "def" written directly above it. I have seen variants of
What is ≡ operator used for in math?
Since your professor was referring to engineering students, then it''s likely they were referring to the identity symbol, which is used in an expression to mean the left and right hand sides are true for all
What is the meaning of the double turnstile symbol ($models$)?
In summary: The interplay of meaning and axiomatic machine mathematics, captured by the difference between $models$ and $vdash$, is a subtle and interesting thing.
Difference between "≈", "≃", and "≅"
In mathematical notation, what are the usage differences between the various approximately-equal signs "≈", "≃", and "≅"? The Unicode standard lists all of them inside the Mathematical Operators B...
What is the meaning of ⊊?
I have encountered this when referencing subsets and vector subspaces. For example, T ⊊ span(S) should mean that T is smaller than span(S)--at least from what I''ve gathered. Is ⊊ a sort
What is the meaning of the expression Q.E.D.? Is it similar to
It''s an abbreviation of quod erat demonstrandum, which is the Latin translation of a Greek phrase meaning "which had to be proven". To the ancient Greeks, a proof wasn''t complete unless
The meaning of various equality symbols
Maybe instead of handling your example, because the context is not always relevant, let''s look at possible groupings of the symbols. Equality $=$ is usually used for equality. $equiv$ is
inequality
What do the less-than and greater-than symbols right next to each other mean? Does it mean either less than or greater than? In other words, not equal? I am trying to understand a book
Textbook Notation: Meaning of cf.
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I was reading a paper about well-orderings and this came up: Suppose (E, ≤) and (F, ≼) are isomorphic well-orderings. Then there exists a unique isomorphism for (E, ≤) to (F, ≼). I''ve been
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