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List of mathematical abbreviations

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This following list features abbreviated names of mathematical functions, function-like operators and other mathematical terminology.

This list is limited to abbreviations of two or more letters (excluding number sets). The capitalization of some of these abbreviations is not standardized – different authors might use different capitalizations.

A

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B

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C

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D

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E

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F

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G

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H

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I

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K

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L

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M

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N

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O

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  • O – octonion numbers.
  • OBGF – ordinary bivariate generating function.
  • ob – object class.
  • ord – ordinal number of a well-ordered set.[4]

P

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Q

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R

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S

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T

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U

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V

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  • V – volume.
  • var – variance of a random variable.
  • vcs – vercosine function. (Also written as vercos.)
  • ver – versine function. (Also written as vers, siv.)
  • vercos – vercosine function. (Also written as vcs.)
  • vers – versine function. (Also written as ver, siv.)

W

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X

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Z

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Goldrei, Derek (1996). Classic Set Theory. London, UK: Chapman and Hall. pp. 283–287 (Index). ISBN 0-412-60610-0.
  2. ^ a b c Priestley, H. A. (2003). Introduction to Complex Analysis (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 321 (Notation index). ISBN 978-0-19-852562-2.
  3. ^ "How to use BIDMAS to solve equations". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ a b c d Hamilton, A. G. (1982). Numbers, sets and axioms. Cambridge University Press. pp. 249–251 (Index of symbols). ISBN 0-521-24509-5.
  5. ^ Raymond, Eric S. (2003), "LERP", Jargon File, 4.4.7
  6. ^ Jolley, L.B.W. (1961). Summation of Series (2 (revised) ed.). New York, USA: Dover Publications, Inc. LCCN 61-65274.