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This following list features abbreviated names of mathematical functions, function-like operators and other mathematical terminology. This list is limited to abbreviations of two or more letters (excluding number sets).
A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.
In mathematics "w.r.t." is part of the standard jargon. It is not unusual to see it used (sparingly) in peer-reviewed journal articles.
Using w.r.t. is definitely acceptable in even the most formal technical contexts, e.g. in published mathematical research. In fact, I remember some discussion of the fact that David Foster Wallace over-enthusiastically embraced this and other technical jargon in a non-fiction book he wrote about the notion of infinity.
mathematics is to use the “tombstone” in place of “QED”. This “tombstone” notation is attributed to the great mathematician Paul R. Halmos (1916– 2006). Some Notation from Set Theory ⊂ (the is included in sign) means “this set is a subset of” and ⊃ (the includes sign) means “this set has as a subset”.
An abbreviation for "with respect to", usually followed by a variable. Example: "let us find the height wrt time" means we want to find how the height changes as time changes. Also written as w.r.t.
This Appendix contains a fairly long list of common mathematical symbols as well as a list of some common Latin abbreviations and phrases. While you will not necessarily need all of the included symbols for your study of Linear Algebra, this list will hopefully nonetheless give you an idea of where much of our modern mathematical notation comes ...
