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[[File:Parallelitätsoperator.svg|thumb|Graphical interpretation of the parallel operator with <math>a \parallel b = c</math>.]]

The '''parallel operator''' <math>\|</math> (pronounced "parallel",<ref name="Duffin_1971"/> following the [[parallel (geometry)#Symbol|parallel lines notation from geometry]];<ref name="Kersey_1673"/><ref name="Cajori_1928"/> also known as '''reduced sum''', '''parallel sum''' or '''parallel addition''') is a [[function (mathematics)|mathematicalbinary function]] which is used as a shorthand in [[electrical engineering]],<ref name="TI_2004"/><ref name="Bober_2016"/><ref name="EECS_2018"/><ref group="nb" name="NB_Origin"/> but is also used in [[kinetics (physics)|kinetics]], [[fluid mechanics]] and [[financial mathematics]].<ref name="Ellerman_1995"/><ref name="Ellerman_2004"/> The name ''parallel'' comes from the use of the operator computing the combined resistance of [[Resistor#Series and parallel resistors|resistors in parallel]].

==Overview==