What does "$\epsilon$" mean in this formula

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I have started seeing the "$\epsilon$" symbol in this paper. What exactly does $\epsilon$ it mean in the formula?

The hard part is this definition: "Range$(p,\epsilon)=\{o\mid ||p,o||_2\leq \epsilon,o \in \mathbb{R}^d\}$." I don't know what $\epsilon$ means here. FORMULA IMAGE

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The symbol is called "epsilon," and is simply a variable, just like $x$ or $y$. However, note that $\epsilon$ is most commonly used in analysis as an arbitrarily small (but positive) value.

If you are new to the idea of an $\epsilon$-neighborhood, check out this post.

Be sure not to confuse "$\epsilon$" with "$\in$", which means "element of." These symbols both looks like "e"s, but have much different meanings!