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Except for the most common symbols such as letters, numerals, and basic punctuation, rendering of Unicode mathematical symbols can be inconsistent in size or alignment where fallback fonts do not match, and some readers may not have any font which includes certain uncommon symbols. Spaces within a formula must be directly managed (for example ...
Encodes appearance rather than its semantics. Difficult to process in software. Unable to handle square roots, vertical fractions, and other common formula types. Proper use (italic variables, protected spaces around operators) requires care and is a frequent source of mistakes. "texhtml" templates, such as {} Encourages standardized notation.
The template attempts to use any calligraphic font that may be installed on several operating systems, either as default or as part of an office package. The fonts called are: Lucida Calligraphy, Monotype Corsiva, URW Chancery L, Apple Chancery, and Tex Gyre Chorus. Failing all these, the generic font families cursive and serif are used.
The less-than sign with the equals sign, <=, may be used for an approximation of the less-than-or-equal-to sign, ≤. ASCII does not have a less-than-or-equal-to sign, but Unicode defines it at code point U+2264. In BASIC, Lisp-family languages, and C-family languages (including Java and C++), operator <= means "less than or equal to".
The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents, [1] and the LaTeX symbol.
A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types, many symbols are needed for ...
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
fullwidth plus sign u+ff1c < fullwidth less-than sign u+ff1d = fullwidth equals sign u+ff1e > fullwidth greater-than sign u+ff3c \ fullwidth reverse solidus u+ff3e ^ fullwidth circumflex accent u+ff5c | fullwidth vertical line u+ff5e ~ fullwidth tilde u+ffe2 ¬ fullwidth not sign u+ffe9 ← halfwidth leftwards arrow u+ffea ...