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
Natural numbers {0, 1, 2, …}
Integers {…, -1, 0, 1, …}
Rational numbers
Real numbers
Complex numbers
Quaternions
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
Lagrangian
Hamiltonian