Symbol (mathematics)
In mathematics, symbol may refer to:
- Mathematical symbol in mathematical notation
- Symbol of a differential operator
- Symbol (formal) symbols from the alphabet of a formal language
- Symbol ring, a construction of the Witt ring of a number field
- A term in the Szegő limit theorems
Various specific mathematical functions are referred to as "symbols":
- Christoffel symbols in differential geometry
- Néron symbol in arithmetic geometry
- Pochhammer symbol in combinatorial analysis
In number theory:
- Symbol (number theory)
- Artin symbol
- Contou-Carrère symbol
- Galois symbol
- Hilbert symbol
- Jacobi symbol
- Kronecker symbol
- Legendre symbol
- Mennicke symbol
- Norm residue symbol
- Power residue symbol
- Steinberg symbol
See also
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