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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