Mathematical notation

Difference (from revision 1 to current revision) (minor diff, author diff)

Changed: 1c1,2

The mathematics on these webpages is written in a basic subset of LaTeX and is restricted to what can be easily displayed in HTML. (Display options using PDF or MathML are planned for the near future.)

Mathematics on these webpages is written in a basic subset of LaTeX (a mathematical typesetting dialect) and is restricted to what can be easily displayed in HTML. (Display options using PDF or MathML are planned for the near future.) The aim is to make editing mathematics easy for people who are somewhat familiar
with LaTeX.

Changed: 3c4

The specific restriction on the Latex commands are as follows:

The specific restrictions on the Latex commands are as follows:

Changed: 5,11c6,13

*Greek letters are available: α,β,γ,δ,ε,ζ,η,θ,κ,λ,μ,
ν,ξ,π,ρ,σ,τ,φ,χ,

*Latex is only recognized between single dollar signs. To display mathematics, leave an empty
line before and after.
*

*LaTeX is only recognized between single dollar signs. To display mathematics, leave an empty line before and after the line to be displayed.
*Greek letters are available: \alpha α, \beta β, \gamma γ, \delta δ, \epsilon ε, \zeta ζ, \eta η, \theta θ, \kappa κ, \lambda λ, \mu μ, \nu ν, \xi ξ, \pi π, \rho ρ, \sigma σ, \tau τ, \phi φ, \chi χ, \psi ψ, \omega ω, \Gamma Γ, \Delta Δ, \Theta Θ, \Lambda Λ, \Xi Ξ, \Pi Π, \Sigma Σ, \Phi Φ, \Psi Ψ, \Omega Ω
*Other symbols: \vee ∨, \wedge ∧, \neg ¬, \implies ⇒ , \iff ⇔ , \forall ∀, \exists ∃, \cup ∪, \cap ∩, \in ∈ , \notin ∉ , \emptyset Ø, \subseteq ⊆ , \subset ⊂ , \supseteq ⊇ , \supset ⊃ , \cdot ·, \circ o, \times ×, \partial ∂, \int ∫, \backslash \, \to → , \{ {, \} }, \langle (, \rangle ), = = , \ne \neq ≠ , \le \leq ≤ , \ge \geq ≥ , \equiv ≡ , \approx ≈ , \ , \ell ℓ, \aleph ℵ
*\mathbf,\mathbb,\mathcal (the fonts look different, but this will be addressed).
*\mbox, \mathrm to include text in mathematical expressions (no dollar signs allowed in argument).
*Single level superscripts and subscripts: x^2 x², a_i a_i, e^{\pi} e^π
*LaTeX commands that are not mentioned above are displayed as words.
*Macros (\def or \newcommand) are not implemented

The specific restrictions on the Latex commands are as follows:

LaTeX is only recognized between single dollar signs. To display mathematics, leave an empty line before and after the line to be displayed.
Greek letters are available: \alpha α, \beta β, \gamma γ, \delta δ, \epsilon ε, \zeta ζ, \eta η, \theta θ, \kappa κ, \lambda λ, \mu μ, \nu ν, \xi ξ, \pi π, \rho ρ, \sigma σ, \tau τ, \phi φ, \chi χ, \psi ψ, \omega ω, \Gamma Γ, \Delta Δ, \Theta Θ, \Lambda Λ, \Xi Ξ, \Pi Π, \Sigma Σ, \Phi Φ, \Psi Ψ, \Omega Ω
Other symbols: \vee ∨, \wedge ∧, \neg ¬, \implies ⇒ , \iff ⇔ , \forall ∀, \exists ∃, \cup ∪, \cap ∩, \in ∈ , \notin ∉ , \emptyset Ø, \subseteq ⊆ , \subset ⊂ , \supseteq ⊇ , \supset ⊃ , \cdot ·, \circ o, \times ×, \partial ∂, \int ∫, \backslash \, \to → , \{ {, \} }, \langle (, \rangle ), = = , \ne \neq ≠ , \le \leq ≤ , \ge \geq ≥ , \equiv ≡ , \approx ≈ , \ , \ell ℓ, \aleph ℵ
\mathbf,\mathbb,\mathcal (the fonts look different, but this will be addressed).
\mbox, \mathrm to include text in mathematical expressions (no dollar signs allowed in argument).
Single level superscripts and subscripts: x^2 x², a_i a_i, e^{\pi} e^π
LaTeX commands that are not mentioned above are displayed as words.
Macros (\def or \newcommand) are not implemented