Symbols:Brackets/Round Brackets

Symbol
Round brackets are the symbols most used for placing an expression in parenthesis.

They comprise the left (round) bracket $($ and the right (round) bracket $)$.

Usage
Round brackets are used in the following contexts:


 * To denote binding priority, for example $a \times \paren {b + c}$


 * To denote an ordered tuple: $\tuple {a_1, a_2, a_2, a_4}$


 * To contain the argument or arguments of a mapping: $\map f {x, y}$


 * To denote a binomial coefficient $\dbinom n k$