Identical To
≡
Type it
| Unicode | U+2261 | |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | \equiv | |
| HTML entity | ≡ | |
| Character | ≡ |
Meaning
States that two expressions are equal for every value of their variables, or that something holds by definition. In number theory it marks congruence modulo n. Compare with Equals and Approximately Equal.
How to read it
a ≡ b (mod n)
is read “a is congruent to b modulo n”.