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Does anybody know a commonly used symbol for WLOG (without loss of generality)? I'm not comfortable with typing the whole thing every time and the abbreviation is just a compromise. If there is one for QED, why shouldn't there be one for WLOG? :)

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    There are symbols for QED because it's useful and aesthetic to give a typographic clue that the proof is over. But when doing scratchwork or boardwork WLOG is succinct enough, and in typescript the words would be written out.2014-11-26

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To answer your question: No there is no commonly used symbol for WLOG.

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    @EdGorcenski: or KG for keeping generality.2012-10-22
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In German, the equivalent phrases "ohne Beschränkung der Allgemeinheit" (oBdA) or "ohne Einschränkung" is sometimes denoted by Œ (O-E ligature):

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Since there doesn't seem to be any such symbol, I decided to create one, by manipulating $\forall$ and $\exists$. Any thoughts?

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    @TheChaz: SODA `:P`2012-10-22