Where would $\leftarrow$ fit in Wikipedia's list of maths symbols?

Asked Nov 21 '17 at 07:58

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I read the symbol $\leftarrow$ in this paper in the last equation on p. 14 (or 15 out of 40).

$\text{Pr} \, [\,\textit{view} \leftarrow \textit{EXEC}^{\prod^{(V, C)}}...] $

Then I read this answer, which confirmed that it is the assignment operator. Where would this fit in Wikipedia's list of math symbols by subject? Would it fit in definition symbols?

I apologise if this is a bit off-topic, but if I post on the talk page, it might take longer to get an answer.

asked Nov 21 '17 at 07:58

James Ray

Yes, it is the assignment operator. Often in programming it is used $:=$ that derives from "is equal to". In the context above, we can read as "is assigned to". – Mauro ALLEGRANZA Nov 21 '17 at 08:02
OK, I'll add the symbol to that section. – James Ray Nov 21 '17 at 08:04
Actually I won't add it because I can't seem to find much use of that symbol in maths, although it is used as the converse implication. The context above of that symbol is assignment as in computing. – James Ray Nov 21 '17 at 08:22
I added a row to this article and this article. – James Ray Nov 21 '17 at 08:50

Where would $\leftarrow$ fit in Wikipedia's list of maths symbols?

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