Symbols:Abbreviations/Q/QED

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Abbreviation: QED or Q.E.D.

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

The initials of Quod Erat Demonstrandum, which is Latin for which was to be demonstrated.

These initials were traditionally added to the end of a proof, after the last line which is supposed to contain the statement that was to be proved.


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