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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Any upsidedown A in the set of all real characters used in academia would immediately illicit mathematical memories.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean ALL the upside up A?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nope, it means "for any" as in no matter which one you choose it will be correct.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantification

I usually used it as "for all", but its looks like "for any" is used too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I sit corrected. It's used as an arbitrary singular value within the proof, so for any always felt more appropriate.