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notation for quantifiers (brackets, commas, colons, etc)

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The following are variations in expressing "there exists a natural number $n$, such that $2T = n \cdot (n+1)$":

  • $\exists n\in \mathbb {N},\; 2T = n \cdot (n+1)$
  • $\exists n\in \mathbb {N}\; [2T = n \cdot (n+1)]$
  • $\exists n\in \mathbb {N}\; {2T = n \cdot (n+1)}$
  • $(\exists n\in \mathbb {N})\; 2T = n \cdot (n+1)$
  • $\exists n\in \mathbb {N} \; : \; \{ 2T = n \cdot (n+1) \}$
  • $(\exists n\in \mathbb {N}) \; (2T = n \cdot (n+1) )$
  • etc

My question is: what is the official, or recommended, notation?

Does the answer depend on UK-USA or other traditions?

I have seen variations in many respected courses and textbooks.

Attached is Pro Keith Devlin's usage from his "Introduction to Mathematical Thinking" course - you can see he uses plenty of round and square brackets - but not colon which I had always used for "such that".

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This is a related question but doesn't answer this question which asks for official / recommended / tradition: How do commas and brackets affect the meaning of quantifiers?


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