Symbols:M/Possibility

Possibility Operator

$\mathrm M$

The possibility operator can also be seen in the form $\map {\mathrm M} P$:

$\map {\mathrm M} P : \iff \exists w: \map P w$

for some proposition $P$ dependent on some world $w$.

The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mathrm M\) is \mathrm M .

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): modal logic
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): modal logic