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equals sign

mathematical symbol used to indicate equality
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Summary

equals sign is a comparison sign[1]. It draws 7,925 Wikipedia views per month (comparison sign category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Robert Recorde[3]
  • Commons category: Equality symbols[4]
  • Opposite of: ≠[5]
  • Unicode character: =[6], 🟰[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1557[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/tags/equal-sign[9]
  • Code: -...-[10]

Why It Matters

equals sign has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Robert Recorde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Robert Recorde : the life and times of a Tudor mathematician. 123library.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . itu.int. itu.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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