What does this symbol mean?
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What does this symbol mean?
What does this symbol mean? I have not found anywhere in the book where it defines it.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
From what I remember from the lectures, I believe it means "proportional to."
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
This symbol means "proportional to", and is useful when you are describing the relationship between two variables. For example, if one variable is "proportional to" 1/another variable, they have an inverse relationship, and if one variable is "proportional to" another variable, they have a direct relationship.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
That symbol stands for "proportional to" and is used to describe how one thing is the same as or equal to another thing. Similarly, it can be used to describe something as "inversely proportional" to another thing when that second term has a "^-1" on it.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
I'm glad someone asked this because I was wondering too! This is the first time I've seen professors use this notation so thank you for the clarification!
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
I was really confused on what that meant too so thank you to the people who clarified, it really helped.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
I was also very confused on what this symbol meant, so thank you to everyone who clarified what it was!
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Thanks for asking this, I saw it too and I wasn't sure exactly what it meant so these answers are very helpful!
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
It means "proportional to" ! In some of the example equations in the textbook, the sign shows up often. Hope this helps. :)
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When I saw that symbol for the first time, I was also very confused. Thank you to everyone who helped clarify!
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
This symbol means "proportional to"! Basically, it would mean that the variables would both increase and decrease at the same rate!
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
The symbol shows proportionality and is used to describe relationships between different related values.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
The kind of elongated/open alpha symbol indicates proportionality! For example, E∝v, and the proportionality constant is h (E=hv).
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
The symbol means "proportional to"
The symbol is known to the the Greek letter alpha. You use the symbol in between two variables/quantities. For example, if x and y had an alpha in between them, that that means x is directly proportional to y.
The symbol is known to the the Greek letter alpha. You use the symbol in between two variables/quantities. For example, if x and y had an alpha in between them, that that means x is directly proportional to y.
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
That symbol is used to relate 2 values that are proportional to each other. For example, in Planck's equation E=hv, the energy of a photon is directly proportional to the photon's frequency
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Re: What does this symbol mean?
This symbol means "promotional to". It indicates a proportional relationship between variables, meaning they increase and decrease at the same rate.
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