What ⨌ means
It means integrating a function four times. This is also called a fourfold integral; the surrounding formula shows the variables and ranges.
The 1675 story belongs to
Leibniz introduced in a private manuscript in 1675, shaping it like a long s from Latin summa (“sum”). He treated integration as adding tiny contributions. This history belongs to , not to the origin of ⨌.
Questions people ask
1Does ⨌ always mean an integral over four-dimensional space?
No. It marks four integrations; the formula determines the variables and region, which may be four-dimensional.
How to type or find ⨌
- Also called
- iiiint · qint
- Search it as
- quadruple integral · fourfold integral
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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