The Mathematics Ontology Bible · Version 1.0

Appendix A: Symbol Glossary

SymbolMeaning
∀For all
∃There exists
⟹Implies
⟺If and only if
¬Not
∧And
∨Or
∈Is an element of
∉Is not an element of
⊆Is a subset of
⊂Is a proper subset of
∅The empty set
∪Union
∩Intersection
×Cartesian product
𝒫(A)Power set of A
A
ℕNatural numbers {0, 1, 2, …}
ℤIntegers {…, -1, 0, 1, …}
ℚRational numbers
ℝReal numbers
ℂComplex numbers
ℍQuaternions
ℵ₀Countable infinity (cardinality of ℕ)
2^ℵ₀Cardinality of ℝ
ωFirst infinite ordinal
π₁(X)Fundamental group of X
Hₙ(X)n-th homology group of X
⊕Direct sum
⊗Tensor product
Hom(A,B)Set of morphisms from A to B
∘Composition
≅Isomorphism
≃Homotopy equivalence
∫Integral
∑Sum
∏Product
ℒLagrangian
ℋHamiltonian