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In logical argument and mathematical proof, the therefore sign, ∴, is generally used before a logical consequence, such as the conclusion of a syllogism. The symbol consists of three dots placed in an upright triangle and is read therefore. While it is not generally used in formal writing, it is used in mathematics and shorthand.
(the symbol may also indicate the domain and codomain of a function; see table of mathematical symbols). ⊃ {\displaystyle \supset } may mean the same as ⇒ {\displaystyle \Rightarrow } (the symbol may also mean superset ).
Therefore sign [ ] { } Brackets: Angle bracket, Parenthesis • Bullet: Interpunct ‸ ⁁ ⎀ Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^) Chevron (non-Unicode name) Caret, Circumflex, Guillemet, Hacek, Glossary of mathematical symbols ^ Circumflex (symbol) Caret (The freestanding circumflex symbol is known as a caret in computing and mathematics)
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Therefore (Mathematical symbol for "therefore" is ), if it rains today, we will go on a canoe trip tomorrow". To make use of the rules of inference in the above table we let p {\displaystyle p} be the proposition "If it rains today", q {\displaystyle q} be "We will not go on a canoe today" and let r {\displaystyle r} be "We will go on a canoe ...
* In Japanese maps, the same symbol (∴) indicates an historic site. U+20DB ⃛ COMBINING THREE DOTS ABOVE character is a combining diacritical mark for symbols . When used after U+0020 SPACE , it is used in mathematical notations (and represented with the "tdot" or "TripleDot" entities in HTML 5.0 and MathML 3.0)
The Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block (U+2980–U+29FF) contains miscellaneous mathematical symbols, including brackets, angles, and circle symbols. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B [1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
Arrow (symbol) § Arrows in Unicode; Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode; Wikipedia:Manual of Style (mathematics) For more on special characters: Unicode character name index can be used to find the Unicode number of a character. W3C list of MathML characters indexed by code or name