Scope
Specifies mathematical symbols, explains their meanings, and gives verbal equivalents and applications. Covers symbols used across natural sciences and technology — from basic variables and functions through set theory, logic, calculus, vectors, tensors, and special functions.
What You'll Find
Organized into 16 tables by topic area — each table provides the symbol, its meaning, and how it may be read aloud
Entries are for identification and communication, not complete mathematical definitions
Covers classical logic, axiomatic set theory, combinatorics, calculus, coordinate systems, and transforms
Replaces the first edition (2009) with clarifications on font types, scalars, vectors, and tensors
Obtain the Standard
Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Edition 2019 (2nd). Developed by ISO/TC 12 — Quantities and units.
Browse Entries
238 symbols defined in Part 2