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Notations

is perpendicular to
The empty set - a set containing no elements
< is less than
> is greater than
is greater than or equal to
is less than or equal to
! Fractorial
which implies that
if and only if
f(x) A function or relation in the variable x
(a,b)

An ordered pair. This notation can be used in the context of sets describing, the set consisting of all real numbers which lies between a and b whenever a and b are real numbers.

This notation may also be used to denote the coordinates of a point in two dimensions.

is an element of
is not an element of
is a subset of
is a proper subset of
Union
Intersection
|a| The absolute value of a
is not equal to
acute angle An angle which has measure between 0 and 90.
obtuse angle An angle which has measure between 90 and 180.
hypotenuse The side in a right angle which is opposite to the right angle.
¯AB The length of the line segment AB
is approximately equal to
is equivalent to
ln(x) Natural logarithm of x. The logarithm of x to the base e.
log(x) Common logarithm of x. The logarithm of x to the base 10.
loga(x) Logarith of x to the base a, a1, a>1.
Infinity
α The greek letter - alpha
β The greek letter - beta
dom(f) The domain of the relation f
rg(f) The range of the relation f
R The set of all real numbers
Q The set of all rational numbers
Qc The set of all irrational numbers
N The set of all natural numbers
Z The set of all integers


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