halmos

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Etymology

Named after Hungarian-born US mathematician Paul Halmos (1916-2006) who first used it in mathematics, after seeing it marking the end of articles in magazines.

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halmos

  1. (mathematics) The symbol “∎” marking the end of a proof.

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