GENERAL SYMBOLS
0 | matrix or column vector of zeros |
1 | column vector of ones |
nth beth number (cardinality of infinite sets) | |
infinity symbols (not real numbers) | |
arg(s) | angle of complex s |
θ minimizing | |
θ maximizing | |
Bn | Bernoulli number |
B(a, b) | beta function |
By(a, b) | incomplete beta function |
B3dB | 3-dB bandwidth |
BNE | noise-equivalent bandwidth |
BRMS | root-mean-square bandwidth |
Bm[k] | mth-order backward prediction error |
bias of an estimator for parameter θ or beampattern of an antenna array | |
ceil(x) | ceiling function |
cov[X, Y] | covariance of X and Y |
cov[X] | autocovariance matrix of X |
c | general location parameter |
c(t) | cumulant generating function |
cX | coefficient of variation |
C | Cantor set, channel capacity per symbol, or contour of integration |
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