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  1. What is the meaning of ⊊? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Dec 22, 2020 · 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. inequality - What does <> mean? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 28, 2021 · 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 …

  4. The meaning of various equality symbols - Mathematics Stack …

    May 6, 2015 · The meaning of various equality symbols Ask Question Asked 10 years, 7 months ago Modified 9 years, 7 months ago

  5. notation - what does ≼ or ≺ mean? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jan 16, 2016 · 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, …

  6. Difference between Perpendicular, Orthogonal and Normal

    Aug 26, 2017 · It seems like perpendicular and normal would not have a nice meaning whereas orthogonal would as it is defined in terms of the dot product. Can someone give me a detailed …

  7. What is the meaning of the double turnstile symbol ($\\models$)?

    Jul 22, 2010 · Just to enlarge on Harry's answer: Your symbol denotes one of two specified notions of implication in formal logic ⊢ ⊢ -the turnstile symbol denotes syntactic implication …

  8. Three dot ∴ symbol meaning - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Mar 3, 2019 · Whats the meaning of this symbol? Its a three dot symbol: ∴ I read a book, im could not find any definition of this symbol. This is about continuum property of the natural numbers …

  9. What's the meaning of square brackets $ [~]$ - Mathematics Stack …

    Aug 12, 2022 · Below is a list that tries to be exhaustive about the usage of square brackets. I tried to arrange them so that more common usages come first. Maybe such a list can never be …

  10. algorithms - Meaning of “arg min” - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Please provide additional context, which ideally explains why the question is relevant to you and our community. Some forms of context include: background and motivation, relevant …