Symbols:Abbreviations/Q/QED
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Abbreviation: QED or Q.E.D.
The initials of quod erat demonstrandum, which is Latin for which was to be demonstrated.
These initials were traditionally added to the end of a proof, after the last line which is supposed to contain the statement that was to be proved.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): QED
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): QED
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): QED
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): QED
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): QED