Englishman harriot began to use the common symbol "greater than" in 163 1. And "less than" symbol.
According to a letter written by Goldbach to Euler in June of 1734+0, the common symbols of "≧" and "≦" are a Frenchman P? Cloth (1698- 1758) was first adopted, and then it gradually became popular.
Poincare and Borel introduced the symbols "<< (far less than) and" > >; " (much greater than), it was quickly accepted by the mathematical community and is still in use today.
Greater than or equal to and less than or equal to:
Combine the two symbols "=" of ">" organically and get the symbol "≥". When one value is greater than another value or two numbers are equal, the greater than or equal sign "≥" is used, which is read as "greater than or equal to" and sometimes called "not less than". For any two real numbers A and B, their corresponding points A and B can be found on the same axis. If point A is to the right of point B or A and B coincide, then A ≥ B..
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