halmos

English

Etymology

Named for (Hungarian-born) American mathematician Paul Halmos (born 1916) who first used it in mathematics, after seeing it marking the end of articles in magazines.

Noun

halmos

  1. (mathematics) The symbol “” marking the end of a proof.

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