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U+2203, ∃
THERE EXISTS

[U+2202]
Mathematical Operators
[U+2204]

Translingual

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Description

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A horizontally reversed capital letter E.

Etymology

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Introduced by Giuseppe Peano in Formulaire de mathematiqués (1897), from the uppercase Latin letter E. The modern variable-binding syntax first appeared in Principia Mathematica (1910).

Symbol

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  1. (mathematics, logic) The existential quantifier, meaning "there exists (at least one)".
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See also

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