Wedge (symbol)
Wedge (∧) is a symbol that looks similar to an in-line caret (^). It is used to represent various operations. In Unicode, the symbol is encoded U+2227 ∧ LOGICAL AND (HTML ∧
· ∧, ∧
) and by \wedge
and \land
in TeX. The opposite symbol (∨) is called a vel, or sometimes a (descending) wedge. Some authors who call the descending wedge vel often call the ascending wedge ac (the corresponding Latin word for "and", also spelled "atque"), keeping their usage parallel.
Use
Wedge is used to represent various operations:
- Logical conjunction in propositional logic
- Meet in lattice theory
- Exterior product or wedge product in differential geometry
gollark: Something being unethical doesn't actually stop people from doing it, mostly.
gollark: How do you know? We hardly have access to the counterfactual ununionized universe.
gollark: If the ocean shipping industry magically fixed itself, this is presumably useful information for us all.
gollark: What happened?
gollark: Even an efficiency maximiser has an ethical system. Broadly speaking. A goal system, at least.
See also
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- Turned v
- Vel (symbol)
- List of mathematical symbols
- List of logic symbols
- Wedge (disambiguation)
- /\ (disambiguation)
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