"Much less," denoted , indicates a strong inequality in which is not only less than , but much less according to some convention.

In number theory, also denotes an upper bound in Vinogradov notation. For functions and with , means that for some constant throughout the specified range.

See also

Less, Much Greater, Vinogradov Notation

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