Glossary of Principia Mathematica

This is a list of the notation used in Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's Principia Mathematica (1910–1913).

The second (but not the first) edition of Volume I has a list of notation used at the end.

Glossary

This is a glossary of some of the technical terms in Principia Mathematica that are no longer widely used or whose meaning has changed.

Symbols introduced in Principia Mathematica, Volume I

Symbols introduced in Principia Mathematica, Volume II

Symbols introduced in Principia Mathematica, Volume III

See also

• Glossary of set theory

Notes

References

• Whitehead, Alfred North, and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1910, 1912, and 1913. Second edition, 1925 (Vol. 1), 1927 (Vols. 2, 3).

External links

• List of notation in Principia Mathematica at the end of Volume I
• "The Notation in Principia Mathematica" by Bernard Linsky.
• Principia Mathematica online (University of Michigan Historical Math Collection):
• Volume I
• Volume II
• Volume III
• Proposition ✸54.43 in a more modern notation (Metamath)