Greater than can be defined as an inequality used to compare two or more numbers quantities or values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting in an acute angle at the right has been found in documents dated as far back as the 1560s. A variety of different symbols are used to represent angle brackets.
5 3 shows that 5 is greater than 3.
A variety of different symbols are used to represent angle brackets. Unicode has pairs of dedicated characters. In e-mail and other ASCII text it is common to use the less-than signs to represent angle brackets because ASCII does not include angle brackets. The greater than symbol in maths is placed between two values in which the first number is greater than the second number.