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Character Name
\[Backslash]
Unicode: 2216.
Alias:
Esc
\
Esc
.
Infix operator.
x
y
is by default interpreted as
Backslash
[
x
,
y
]
.
Used in mathematics for set difference.
Also used to separate arguments of elliptic functions.
Sometimes used to indicate
x
divides
y
.
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\[Colon]
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