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Univerally recognised mathematical symbols and their name/meaning

≡ is defined as/is equivalent to

= is equal to

≠ is not equal to

‖...‖ size (length) of

∈ is in the following set

∉ is not in the following set

∀ for all

∪ union (common elements in adjacent sets)

∧ and

: such that

{} set

() function or tuple

[] array indexing

∨ or (e.g. eq 11), Unsure for equations 24 and 29

_> greater than

_+ addition

_- subtraction

∑ summation

{ either or --- generally used to denote cases, for example piecewise functions with behaviour like 'if this, that. Otherwise, this different thing'.

|...| no. bytes of (e.g. eq 96)

⌊...⌋ floor; lowest element in

⌈...⌉ ceiling; highest element in

⊕ exclusive or

[ a, b) real numbers greater than or equal to a and less than b

∅ empty set

· sequence concatenation (e.g. equations 166,227)

∃ there exists

Symbols which have a specific meaning in the Yellow Paper, but are not universally used in general mathematics

𝔹n hash of size n bytes

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