Symbolic language (mathematics)

{{Short description|Language using characters or symbols}}

In mathematics, a symbolic language is a language that uses characters or symbols to represent concepts, such as mathematical operations, expressions, and statements, and the entities or operands on which the operations are performed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/52338/symbolic-language|title=symbolic language Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia|website=www.pcmag.com|access-date=2019-03-23}}{{Cite CiteSeerX|title=A Handbook of Mathematical Discourse|year = 2009|citeseerx = 10.1.1.217.5892}}