Universal symbol for “represents”? [closed]

Question

Is there a universal symbol for a representation as in: A is a representation of B?

What does representation mean? There is actually something called a group representation..
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The mathematical-physics tag makes me wonder if there is a concrete example in OP mind.

none · Answer 1 · 2012-08-22 04:26:41Z

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something like

$A := B$

or

$A \triangleq B$

answered Aug 22 '12 at 4:26

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	No and no: neither of those two symbols is a universal one of representation, whatever this last may mean in the OP's mind. – DonAntonio Aug 22 '12 at 4:33
	Both usually mean: define $A$ to be $B$. – user2468 Aug 22 '12 at 4:38
	I mean, just simple stuff like to represent a matrix A, you can write A_{ij} or something – gnub Aug 22 '12 at 4:38
	@gnub: You are probably going to get more helpful answers if you ask a less abstract question. What exactly are you trying to represent? – none Aug 22 '12 at 4:44
	@gnub You can write out in words, "A represents B", "A denotes B", or "Define A to be B". Use some words! Many new students in mathematics, especially Calculus, feel that their problem sets can only contain variables, equality, inequality, and implications and other symbols. They feel that words in a proof is some sort of impurity. Words are much clearer. Even research papers in math are filled with real sentences. – William Aug 22 '12 at 4:49

closed as not a real question by Chris Eagle, Belgi, Henry T. Horton, TMM, rschwieb Dec 31 '12 at 17:58