Symbols:S/Signum Function

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Signum Function

$\map \sgn x$


Let $X \subseteq \R$ be a subset of the real numbers.


The signum function $\sgn: X \to \set {-1, 0, 1}$ is defined as:

$\forall x \in X: \map \sgn x := \sqbrk {x > 0} - \sqbrk {x < 0}$

where $\sqbrk {x > 0}$ etc. denotes Iverson's convention.


That is:

$\forall x \in X: \map \sgn x := \begin{cases} -1 & : x < 0 \\ 0 & : x = 0 \\ 1 & : x > 0 \end{cases}$


The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\map \sgn x\) is \map \sgn x .


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