\ll

The symbol \ll is used to denote that one quantity is much smaller than another. It is a relation symbol often used in mathematics to express that a value is significantly less than another value, typically in the context of asymptotic analysis or inequalities.

Examples

Indicates that 'a' is much smaller than 'b'.

a \ll b

In asymptotic notation, 'n' is much smaller than 'log(n)'.

n \ll \log(n)

A small positive number epsilon is much smaller than 1.

\epsilon \ll 1