Definition:Operation/Operator
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Definition
An operator is a symbol used to identify an operation.
Examples
Examples of operator include:
- the differentiation operator: $\dfrac \d {\d x}$
- the square root operator: $\sqrt {\ \ }$
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): operator
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): operator
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): operator