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\( n \)

Short Description

This is the symbol for the number of subintervals an area is broken up into.

Medium Description

This is the symbol for the number of subintervals an area is broken up into, commonly used in a Riemann Sum as an approximation for an integral.

Long Description

The symbol \(n\) represents the number of subintervals an area is broken up into, commonly used in a Riemann Sum as an approximation for an integral. When there are an infinite number of them, it gives an exact value of an integral.