[Math] What does the mathematical symbol with an underline below the variable name mean

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I have been reading a research paper. The author has used a variable '$x$' with an underline beneath '$x$'. I know that a variable with a line on top of it implies it's arithmetic mean. But I have never seen a symbol with a line under the variable name. Can anyone please tell what it means?

Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

It's not an often-used convention, but in physics, matrices are sometimes appended with a double line underneath and vectors a single line underneath. This somewhat unifies the matrix/vector notation without the clumsiness of vector notation (and how to extend that to matrices).

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