Mathematical Symbol

A Mathematical Symbol is a Symbol that can be used in a Mathematical Sentence.

• Context:
  • It can me a Set Member of an Mathematical Alphabet.
  • It can be an input to an Algebraic Operation (mathematical operation).
• Example(s):
  • HTML Math Character.
  • +, −, ×/∙, ÷, … Arithmetic Operations.
  • -1, 0, 1, 2, … Integers.
  • ⅛, ¼, ⅓, ½, ⅜ ⅝, ⅔, ¾, ⅞, … Ratios.
  • {α, β, δ, π, … } Greek Alphabet.
  • →, ⇐, ←, ⇒, ↔, ⇔, ↑, ↓, ↵, ⇑, ⇓, … Arrows.
  • ∀, ∂, ∃, Ø, ∇, ∈, ∉, ∋, … Logic Operations.
  • ∏, ∑, √, ∝, ∞, ∧, ⊦, ∨, ∫, ∴.
  • ≅, ≈, ≠, ≡, ≤, ≥, <, >, an Equation Symbol.
  • ⊂, ⊃, ⊄, ⊆, ⊇, ∩, ∪, ǁ, … Set Operation.
  • ⊕, ⊥, ∗, ∠, ⊥, ∼.
  • Ƒ.
• See: Mathematical Operation, Greek Alphabet, Mathematics Technical Term, WikiText Math.

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References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_mathematical_symbols
• http://comers.citadel.edu/math_sym2005.htm
• http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/bycodes.html
• http://www.iangraham.org/books/xhtml1/entity/en_symbol.html
• http://web.ift.uib.no/Teori/KURS/WRK/TeX/sym5.html

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