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Appendix A Notation

Symbol Description Location
xA set membership Definition 0.1.1
AB set inclusion Definition 0.1.3
AB set union Definition 0.1.8
AB set intersection Definition 0.1.8
AB set difference Definition 0.1.8
{ }, the empty set Definition 0.1.9
R the real numbers Definition 0.1.9
Z the integers Definition 0.1.9
Q the rational numbers Definition 0.1.9
A×B Cartesian product Definition 0.1.10
f:AB a function from A to B Definition 0.1.13
f(A) image of the set A under f Definition 0.1.18
imf image of a function f Definition 0.1.18
fg the composition of f and g Definition 0.1.21
P norm of a partition Definition 1.1.1
Rf(x,y)dA double integral over region R Definition 1.3.2
avgR(f) average value of f over R Definition 1.4.4
Df(x,y,z)dV double integral over region D Definition 1.5.3
avgR(f) average value of f over R Definition 1.5.16
(g1,g2,,gn)(x1,x2,,xn) Jacobian of G=(g1,g2,,gn) Definition 1.6.2
×F curl of vector field F Definition 2.3.12
curlF curl of vector field F Definition 2.3.12
F divergence of vector field F Definition 2.4.9
Sf(x,y,z)dσ surface integral of scalar function Definition 2.6.1