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A relational symbol indicating approximate equality or rough equivalence between mathematical expressions or values.

\approx image

Examples

Numerical approximation of pi

\pi \approx 3.14159

Statistical approximation of mean

\bar{x} \approx \mu \text{ for large }n

Asymptotic behavior

f(x) \approx g(x) \text{ as } x \to \infty