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12.1: Table of Symbols

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() Parentheses (grouping symbols)
[] Brackets (grouping symbols)
{} Braces (grouping symbols)
= equal
not equal to
approximately equal to
> greater than
< less than
greater than or equal to
less than or equal to
x variable or constant
x negative of x (opposite of x)
|x| absolute value of x
1x reciprocal of x
(a,b) ordered pair with component a and second component b
π the irrational number pi, often approximated by 3.14
a the principal square root of a
a the secondary square root of a

This page titled 12.1: Table of Symbols is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Denny Burzynski & Wade Ellis, Jr. (OpenStax CNX) .

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