Descending wedge
The vertically reflected symbol, ∧, is a wedge, and often denotes related or dual operators.
The descending wedge symbol ∨ may represent:
The ∨ symbol was introduced by Russell and Whitehead in Principia Mathematica, where they called it the Logical Sum or Disjunctive Function.[1]
In Unicode the symbol is encoded U+2228 ∨ LOGICAL OR (HTML ∨ · ∨, ∨). In TeX, it is \vee or \lor.
Notes
- Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead, Principia Mathematica, I:6 (1910)
gollark: +**5**?!
gollark: Wow, impressive.
gollark: Idea: political `long int*`.
gollark: Idea: political Riemann sphere?
gollark: Imagine using 1D politics instead of superior 100D political-gender-personaliy space.
See also
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