An unsophisticated question from a neophyte:
Given the numbers: $1,2,3,4,5$
What is the symbol for the range of the numbers?
i.e. the lowest-highest number in the set. For example, the min max is $1-5$.
The ____ is $1-5$. (insert math symbol into blank).
Should such a beast exist, I'd be particularly interested in it's unicode character…
Tried searching a few online resources, such as: http://rapidtables.com/math/symbols/Basic_Math_Symbols.htm without success.
Best Answer
You are looking for either:
A closed interval: $[a,b]$ represents the set of all real numbers greater or equal to $a$ and less or equal to $b$.
A integer interval: $[a\ldotp\ldotp b]$ represents all integers in between $a$ and $b$. ($[1\ldotp\ldotp 5] = \{1,2,3,4,5\}$)