Symbols:Z/Integers
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Set of Integers
- $\Z$
- $\Z = \set {\ldots, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots}$.
From the German Zahlen, which means (whole) numbers.
Its $\LaTeX$ code is \Z or \mathbb Z or \Bbb Z.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): $\Z$ or $\Bbb I$
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\Z$
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\Z$
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Z