What is } called?

Question

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Answer 1

Old name: Brace.
New name: Curly bracket.

Answer 2

{ and } are generally called braces or curly brackets
they can be used just like parentheses. braces are used in set theory when defining a set and for some set operations. braces are also used in tensor analysis for Christoffel symbols of the second kind:

Christoffel symbols of the second kind are the second type of tensor-like object derived from a Riemannian metric which is used to study the geometry of the metric. Christoffel symbols of the second kind are variously denoted as **(Walton 1967) or (Misner et al. 1973, Arfken 1985). They are also known as affine connections (Weinberg 1972, p. 71) or connection coefficients (Misner et al. 1973, p. 210).

** if you would like to see what Christoffel symbols of the second kind look like when they are used, you need to use the URL below. I am unable to create an image of them here because of the formating limitations inherent in this window.

Answer 3

Right curly bracket or brace.

Parentheses or round brackets ( ), box brackets or square brackets [ ], curly brackets or braces { }, and angle brackets < >. All these forms may be used according to typographical conventions that may vary from publication to publication and may vary even more from language to language.

Take a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket

Answer 4

I would say } is a RIGHT curly bracket and { is a LEFT curly bracket.

Answer 5

bracket