LATEXMathematicalSymbols
The more unusual symbols are not dened in base L
ATEX (NFSS) and require\usepackage{amssymb}
1 Greek and Hebrew letters
\alpha \kappa \psi z\digamma \Delta \Theta
eta \lambda ho "\varepsilon \Gamma \Upsilon
\chi \mu \sigma {\varkappa \Lambda \Xi
\delta u au '\varphi \Omega
\epsilon oo heta $\varpi \Phi @\aleph
\eta !\omega \upsilon %\varrho \Pi ieth
\gamma \phi \xi &\varsigma \Psi k\daleth
\iota \pi \zeta #\vartheta \Sigma j\gimel
2 L
ATEX math constructs
abc
xyz
racfabcgfxyzg
abc\overlinefabcg
!
abc\overrightarrowfabcg
f
0
f' abc
\underlinefabcg
abc\overleftarrowfabcg
p abc\sqrtfabcg
c
abc\widehatfabcg
z}|{
abc\overbracefabcg
n
p
abc\sqrt[n]fabcg
f
abc\widetildefabcg abc
|{z}
\underbracefabcg
3 Delimiters
j j f \{ b\lfloor=/ *\Uparrow x\llcorner
j\vertg\} cfloor nackslash "\uparrow y\lrcorner
k\| h\langled\lceil[[ +\Downarrow p\ulcorner
k\Vertiangle eceil ]] #\downarrow q\urcorner
Use the pair\lefts1andights2to match height of delimiterss1ands2to the height of their contents, e.g.,
\left|expright| \left\{ expright\} \left\Vert expright.
4 Variable-sized symbols (displayed formulae show larger version)
P
\sum
R
\int
U
iguplus
L
igoplus
W
igvee
Q
\prod
H
\oint
T
igcap
N
igotimes
V
igwedge
`
\coprod
RR
\iint
S
igcup
J
igodot
F
igsqcup
5 Standard Function Names
Function names should appear in Roman, not Italic, e.g.,
Correct: an(at-n\pi)!tan(atn)
Incorrect:tan(at-n\pi)!tan(atn)
arccos\arccos arcsin\arcsin arctan\arctan arg \arg
cos \cos cosh\cosh cot \cot coth\coth
csc \csc deg \deg det \det dim \dim
exp \exp gcd \gcd hom \hom inf \inf
ker \ker lg \lg lim \lim lim inf\liminf
lim sup\limsup ln \ln log \log max \max
min \min Pr \Pr sec \sec sin \sin
sinh \sinh sup \sup tan an tanh anh
10 Array environment, examples
Simplest version: egin{array}{cols}row1\row2\. . .rowm\end{array}
wherecolsincludes one character [lrc] for each column (with optional characters|inserted for vertical lines)
androwjincludes character&a total of (n1) times to separate thenelements in the row. Examples:
\left( egin{array}{cc} 2 au & 7\phi-frac5{12} \
3\psi & rac{\pi}8 \end{array} ight)
\left( egin{array}{c} x \ y \end{array} ight)
\mbox{~and~} \left[ egin{array}{cc|r}
3 & 4 & 5 \ 1 & 3 & 729 \end{array} ight]
27
5
12
3
8
x
y
and
3 4
5
1 3
729
f(z) = \left\{ \begin{array}{rcl}
\overline{\overline{z^2}+\cos z} & \mbox{for}
& |z|<3 \ 0 & \mbox{for} & 3\leq|z|\leq5 \
\sin\overline{z} & \mbox{for} & |z|>5
\end{array}ight.
f(z) =
8
<
:
z
2
+ coszforjzj<3
0 for 3 jzj 5
sin
zforjzj>5
11 Other Styles (math mode only)
Caligraphic letters:$\mathcal{A}$etc.:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mathbb letters:$\mathbb{A}$etc.:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mathfrak letters:$\mathfrak{A}$etc.:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c 1 2 3
Math Sans serif letters:$\mathsf{A}$etc.:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c 1 2 3
Math bold letters:$\mathbf{A}$etc.:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c 1 2 3
Math bold italic letters: dene\def\mathbi#1{ extbf{\em #1}} then use$\mathbi{A}$etc.:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c 1 2 3
12 Font sizes
Math Mode:
Z
f
1
(xxa)dx ${\displaystyle \int f^{-1}(x-x_a)\,dx}$
R
f
1
(xxa)dx ${ extstyle \int f^{-1}(x-x_a)\,dx}$
R
f
1
(xxa)dx ${\scriptstyle \int f^{-1}(x-x_a)\,dx}$
R
f
1
(xxa)dx ${\scriptscriptstyle \int f^{-1}(x-x_a)\,dx}$
Text Mode:
iny=smallest
\scriptsize=very small
ootnotesize=smaller
\small=small
ormalsize= normal
\large=large
\Large=Large
\LARGE=LARGE
\huge=huge
\Huge=Huge
13 Text Mode: Accents and Symbols
o\'{o}o\"{o}^o\^{o} o\`{o} ~o\~{o} o\={o} s.\d s
_o\.{o}o\u{o}}o\H{o}oo {oo} o\c{o} o.\d{o} s s
o
{o} A\AA a\aa \ss \i \j }s\H s
\o s s s\v s \O {\P x\S
\ae \AE y\dag z\ddag c \copyright $\pounds