April 1998
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
27h 25m
English
Content preview from The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching, 2nd Edition
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Appendix B. Index to Notations
In the following formulas, letters that are not further qualified have the following significance:
j,k |
integer-valued arithmetic expression |
m,n |
nonnegative integer-valued arithmetic expression |
x, y |
real-valued arithmetic expression |
z |
complex-valued arithmetic expression |
f |
real-valued or complex-valued function |
P |
pointer-valued expression (either Λ or a computer address) |
S, T |
set or multiset |
α,β |
strings of symbols |
Formal symbolism |
Meaning |
Where defined |
|---|---|---|
V ← E |
give variable V the value of expression E |
1.1 |
U↔V |
interchange the values of variables U and V |
1.1 |
An or A[n] |
the nth element of linear array A |
1.1 |
Amn or A[m,n] |
the element in row m and column n of rectangular array A |
1.1 ... |
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