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Comment by mxmlnkn

1 year ago

As far as I remember, that's not a problem in math:

:= definition ≡ identity = equality ∝ proportionality

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nyc111  1 year ago

But this is how it works:

= definition = identity = equality = proportionality

  • Twisol  1 year ago

    Big-O notation is a famous example where = is some flavor of (asymptotic) proportionality, and it catches a lot of people out when they first learn about it.

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