In
mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
, a symbolic language is a language that uses
characters or
symbols
A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise different concep ...
to represent concepts, such as
mathematical operations,
expressions, and
statements
Statement or statements may refer to: Common uses
*Statement (computer science), the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language
* Statement (logic and semantics), declarative sentence that is either true or false
*Statement, ...
, and the entities or
operands
In mathematics, an operand is the object of a mathematical operation, i.e., it is the object or quantity that is operated on.
Unknown operands in equalities of expressions can be found by equation solving.
Example
The following arithmetic expres ...
on which the operations are performed.
See also
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Formal language
In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language is a set of strings whose symbols are taken from a set called "alphabet".
The alphabet of a formal language consists of symbols that concatenate into strings (also c ...
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Language of mathematics
The language of mathematics or mathematical language is an extension of the natural language (for example English language, English) that is used in mathematics and in science for expressing results (scientific laws, theorems, proof (mathematics), ...
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Glossary of mathematical symbols
A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula ...
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Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols is a Unicode block comprising styled forms of Latin alphabet, Latin and Greek alphabet, Greek letters and decimal numerical digit, digits that enable mathematicians to denote different notions with different l ...
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Mathematical notation
Mathematical notation consists of using glossary of mathematical symbols, symbols for representing operation (mathematics), operations, unspecified numbers, relation (mathematics), relations, and any other mathematical objects and assembling ...
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Notation system
In linguistics and semiotics, a notation system is a system of graphics or symbols, characters and abbreviated expressions, used (for example) in artistic and scientific disciplines to represent technical facts and quantities by convention. Th ...
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Symbolic language (disambiguation)
A symbolic language is a method of communication that uses characters or images to represent concepts.
Symbolic language may refer to:
* Symbolic language (art)
* Symbolic language (engineering)
* Symbolic language (literature)
* Symbolic lan ...
References
External links
Mathematical Symbols
Mathematical notation
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