Jan 12, 2016 · While reading Robust Quasistatic Finite Elements and Flesh Simulation by Teran et al., I have seen in several equations a colon operator used between matrices. Here are …

Wiki Could someone elaborate on what the ':' symbol implies? Judging from the reference at Wolfram I believe my concept of what exactly a mapping is may be faulty, especially in the …

Jul 22, 2017 · When does one correctly use the colon symbol $:$, to be read as "such that"? Since I would not expect there to be one correct answer, what are the conventions …

Sep 16, 2022 · I've tried to search for the meaning of the colon symbol in the context shown below and can't find an answer. I don't think "such that" makes sense in the formulation below so I'm …

Mar 16, 2016 · Can the colon in this context be interpreted as "such that"? If not, is it just a historical quirk that ":" is used in this context, but sometimes also means "such that"?

Jul 13, 2021 · The colon is the “such that” colon from set builder notation. Here, P P is a probability measure on some measurable space S S. The notation P[X(s) =xi] P [X (s) = x i] (or …

Mar 5, 2011 · It's curious --and unfortunate-- that the symbol for emphasis became the symbol for negation. Granted, ASCII isn't the richest glyph set, and coders needed something, but why …

Oct 28, 2015 · 48 I remember once hearing offhandedly that in set builder notation, there was a difference between using a colon versus a vertical line, e.g. {x: x ∈ A} {x: x ∈ A} as opposed to …

The colon-equals should be used, if at all, only for definitions. I don’t use it; I think that it’s always pretty clear from context when an equals sign is a definition and when it’s a statement. (On the …

Jan 27, 2016 · What does the colon stand for in this equation Ask Question Asked 9 years, 11 months ago Modified 9 years, 11 months ago