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The [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s used by [[Lacan]], which appear principally in the [[matheme]]s, [[schema l]] and the [[graph of desire]], are listed below, together with their most common [[meaning]].
However, it is important to [[remember ]] that the [[symbol]]s do not always refer to the same [[concept ]] throughout [[Lacan]]'s [[work]], but are used in different ways as his work develops.
Therefore some caution should be exercised when referring to the following [[list ]] of [[equivalences]].
==The List of Algebraic Symbols==
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! Symbol !! [[Translation]]
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| '''A''' || the [[big Other]]
| <strike>'''A'''</strike> || the [[bar]]red [[Other]]
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| ''a'' || (see ''[[objet petit a]])
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| ''a''' || (see ''[[objet petit a]])
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| [[Image:BigS.gif]]<BR><BR><BR>| align="left" style="line-height:2.5em;" | 1. (before 1957) the [[subject]]<BR>2.(from 1957 on) the [[signifier]]<BR>3. (in the [[matheme|schema]]s of [[Sade]]) the raw [[subject]] of [[pleasure]]
|-
| [[Image:StrikeS.gif]] || the [[bar]]red [[subject]]
| [[Image:SS2.gif]] || the [[signifying chain]]/[[knowledge]]
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| <i>'''s'''</i> || the [[signified]] (in the [[Saussure]]an [[sign|algorithm]])
|-
| [[Image:StrikeS(A).gif]] || the [[signifier]] of a [[lack]] in the [[Other]]
| '''Π''' || the [[real]] [[phallus]]
|-
| '''Φ''' || the [[symbolic]] [[phallus]] [upper-[[case ]] phi]
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| '''(-φ)''' || the [[imaginary]] [[phalluscastration ]] [lower-case phi]
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| <i>'''S'''</i> || the [[symbolic]] [[order]] ([[schema R]])
| '''e''' || the [[enunciation]]
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| '''V''' || the will-to-[[enjoy ]] (''volonté de jouissance'')
|}
The [[difference ]] between upper- and lower-case [[symbol]]s, the difference between italicised and non-italicised [[symbol]]s, the use of the apostrophe, the minus [[sign]], and subscripts; all these details play their part in the [[algebraic]] [[system]].
For example the upper-case letters usually refer to the [[symbolic]] [[order]], whereas the lower-case letters usually refer to the [[imaginary]].
