w.l.o.g.

A form of without loss of generality — With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.

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Meanings

w.l.o.g.1

prepositional phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of without loss of generality.

W.L.O.G.2

prepositional phrase

alternative wlog · alternative w.l.o.g. · alternative wolog · alternative WLOG · alternative WOLOG

  1. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of without loss of generality.

Synonyms & antonyms

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without loss of generality
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