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Inequality (mathematics)
In mathematics, an inequality is a relation that holds between two values when they are different The notation a b means that a is not equal to b. It does not say that one is greater than the other, or even that they can be compared in size. If the values in question are elements of an ordered set, such as the integers or the real numbers, they can be compared in size. The notation a < b means that a is less than b. The notation a > b means that a is greater than b. In either case, a is not equal to b. These relations are known as strict inequalities. The notation a < b may also be read as "a is strictly less than b".
Division Sign The division sign or is written as a horizontal line with dot above and dot below (obelus), or a slash or horizontal line.The division sign indicates division operation of 2 numbers or expressions. For example: 6 3 = 2 6 / 3 = 2
means 6 divided by 3, which is the division of 6 by 3, which is equal to 2.
Multiplication In mathematics, the symbol (read as times or multiplied by or into [2] ) is primarily used to denote the Multiplication of two numbers Cross product of two vectors Cartesian product of two sets Geometric dimension of an object, such as noting that a room is 10 feet 12 feet in area, where it is usually read as "by" (for example: "10 feet by 12 feet") Dimensions of a matrix In biology, the multiplication sign is used in a botanical hybrid name, where it is read as "cross"
PARALLEL SIGN The parallel symbol is . For example, indicates that line AB is parallel to line CD. In the Unicode character set, the "parallel" and "not parallel" signs have codepoints U+2225 () and U+2226 (), respectively. In addition, U+22D5 () represents the relation "equal and parallel to". [1]
APEPH NUMBER SIGN The cardinality of the natural numbers is (read aleph-naught, aleph-null, or aleph-zero), the next larger cardinality is aleph-one , then and so on. Continuing in this manner, it is possible to define a cardinal number for every ordinal number , as described below. The concept goes back to Georg Cantor, who defined the notion of cardinality and realized that infinite sets can have different cardinalities.
SUMMATION SIGN Very often in statistics an algebraic expression of the form X 1 +X 2 +X 3 +...+X N is used in a formula to compute a statistic. The three dots in the preceding expression mean that something is left out of the sequence and should be filled in when interpretation is done. It is tedious to write an expression like this very often, so mathematicians have developed a shorthand notation to represent a sum of scores, called the summation notation.
SEMIDIRECT PRODUCT In mathematics, specifically in group theory, the concept of a semidirect product is a generalization of a direct product. There are two closely related concepts of semidirect product: an inner semidirect product is a particular way in which a group can be constructed from two subgroups, one of which is a normal subgroup, while an outer semidirect product is a cartesian product as a set, but with a particular multiplication operation. As with direct products, there is a natural equivalence between inner and outer semidirect products, and both are commonly referred to simply as semidirect products.
SUBSET SIGN Some authors use the symbols and to indicate "subset" and "superset" respectively, instead of the symbols and , but with the same meaning. [2] So for example, for these authors, it is true of every set A that A A.Other authors prefer to use the symbols and to indicate proper subset and superset, respectively, in place of and . [3] This usage makes and analogous to theinequality symbols. INFINITY SIGN The infinity symbol (sometimes called the lemniscate) is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity.The shape of a sideways figure eight has a long pedigree; for instance, it appears in the cross of Saint Boniface, wrapped around the bars of a Latin cross. [2] However, John Wallis is credited with introducing the infinity symbol with its mathematical meaning in 1655, in his De sectionibus conicis. [3][2][4][5] Wallis did not explain his choice of this symbol, but it has been conjectured to be a variant form of a Roman numeral for 1,000 (originally CI, also C), which was sometimes used to mean "many", or of the Greek letter (omega), the last letter in the Greek alphabet. [6]
DELTA SIGN Delta (uppercase , lowercase or ; Dlta; Modern Greek [elta]) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system ofGreek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter dalet . Letters that come from delta include Latin D andCyrillic .
A river delta (originally, the Nile River delta) is so named because its shape approximates the upper-case letter delta (the shape is a triangle). [citation needed]
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