Multiple usagesIn more complicated usage,
can appear in different places in an equation, even several times on each side. For example, the following are true for
The meaning of such statements is as follows: for ''any'' functions which satisfy each
on the left side, there are ''some'' functions satisfying each
on the right side, such that substituting all these functions into the equation makes the two sides equal. For example, the third equation above means: "For any function
there is some function
such that
" In terms of the "set notation" above, the meaning is that the class of functions represented by the left side is a subset of the class of functions represented by the right side. In this use the "=" is a formal symbol that unlike the usual use of "=" is not a [[symmetric relation]]. Thus for example
does not imply the false statement