Definitions
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- noun mathematics The symbol “
∎ ” marking the end of aproof .
Etymologies
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Named for (Hungarian-born) American mathematician Paul Halmos (born 1916) who first used it in mathematics, after seeing it marking the end of articles in magazines.
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Examples
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It's called a halmos (or tombstone) and is used at the end of magazine articles and mathematical proofs.
Halmos (tombstone) marker for symbolizing the end of a blog post. Jonathan Aquino 2009
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It's called a halmos (or tombstone) and is used at the end of magazine articles and mathematical proofs.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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You can use it for your own blog posts as well — just copy the halmos at the end of this post.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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You can use it for your own blog posts as well — just copy the halmos at the end of this post.
Halmos (tombstone) marker for symbolizing the end of a blog post. Jonathan Aquino 2009
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