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[–] Poik@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nope, it means "for any" as in no matter which one you choose it will be correct.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantification

I usually used it as "for all", but its looks like "for any" is used too

[–] Poik@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

I sit corrected. It's used as an arbitrary singular value within the proof, so for any always felt more appropriate.