The variety of symbols used in mathematics is surprising. We start with 26 Latin and 33 Greek letters, 9 digits, four common operators (+, -, * , / ) to these are added delimiters ( ) [ ] , vectors, ...

A new book traces the history of division signs, square roots, pi, exponents, graph axes and other mathematical symbols. (Bigstock) Consider the simple plus sign: +. Most people, Joseph Mazur ...

Each symbol can mean different things within and across disciplines, order and position of elements matter, priority of features, etc. Keyword search that works pretty well on text doesn’t work ...

The latter of those two symbols is the congruence sign: a symbol which means that two sets of points form the exact same shape with the exact same size. If you delve into the full set of Unicode ...

James Hiebert, A Theory of Developing Competence with Written Mathematical Symbols, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Aug., 1988), pp. 333-355 ...

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Curtis L. Pyke, The Use of Symbols, Words, and Diagrams as Indicators of Mathematical Cognition: A Causal Model, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol ...

The set was introduced in Unicode 3.1 in 2001. When mathematical symbols are included in Unicode, they become far more accessible to the entire world.