What does this symbol mean in bayesian estimator example?

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Is this symbol equivalent to 'multiplication', or equivalent to 'equal'?

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$\propto$ means "directly proportional".

Mathematically speaking, $a \propto b \implies a = kb$, where $k$ is non-zero constant.