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| As we have already covered the basics of MimeTeX, this page is devoted to the characters you can use.
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| '''WARNING:''' In this Wiki environment, the MimeTeX filter is not controlling the essential rendering of the control sequences. The effects are the same, but they are rendered by another Tex filter. It helps the syntax is almost the same though.
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| ==Maths symbols available in Moodle==
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| A number of the characters and symbols below have already been covered in previous pages, but this is a more exhaustive list. There are a number more, but their relevance to K-12 maths is questionable.
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| Keyboard characters are available as themselves but many characters have a significance in TeX. All command sequences start and end with the $$ i.e. $$ \entire command sequence $$. All control sequences start with the backslash, \, i.e. \times, or \frac{1}{2}, and have no end character. There are a number of different types of charsets available, not just Maths but also scientific sets but these need be installed to your Moodle if you want additional charsets. Unfortunately, MimeTeX is designed for use in Maths, not science, so it may struggle using non-Maths charsets.
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| ==Symbols==
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| These are not all the symbols that may be available in MimeTeX, just the ones that I have found to work in Moodle.
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| {| class="nicetable"
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| | \amalg
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| | <math>\amalg</math>
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| | \cup
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| | <math>\cup</math>
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| | \oplus
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| | <math>\oplus</math>
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| | \times
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| | <math>\times</math>
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| |\ast
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| |<math>\ast</math>
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| |\dagger
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| |<math>\dagger</math>
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| | \oslash
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| | <math>\oslash</math>
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| | \triangleleft
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| | <math>\triangleleft</math>
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| | \bigcirc
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| | <math>\bigcirc</math>
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| | \ddagger
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| | <math>\ddagger</math>
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| | \otimes
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| | <math>\otimes</math>
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| | \triangleright
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| | <math>\triangleright</math>
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| | \bigtriangledown
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| | <math>\bigtriangledown</math>
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| | \diamond
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| | <math>\diamond</math>
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| | \pm
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| | <math>\pm</math>
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| | \odot
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| | <math>\odot</math>
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| | \bigtriangleup
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| | <math>\bigtriangleup</math>
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| | \div
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| | <math>\div</math>
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| | \ominus
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| | <math>\ominus</math>
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| | \wr
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| | <math>\wr</math>
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| | \circ
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| | <math>\circ</math>
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| | \wedge
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| | <math>\wedge</math>
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| | \vee
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| | <math>\vee</math>
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| | \sqcup
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| | <math>\sqcup</math>
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| | \leq
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| | <math>\leq</math>
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| | \geq
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| | <math>\geq</math>
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| | \equiv
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| | <math>\equiv</math>
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| | \prec
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| | <math>\prec</math>
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| | \succ
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| | <math>\succ</math>
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| | \sim
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| | <math>\sim</math>
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| | \perp
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| | <math>\perp</math>
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| | \preceq
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| | <math>\preceq</math>
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| | \succeq
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| | <math>\succeq</math>
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| | \simeq
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| | <math>\simeq</math>
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| | \mid
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| | <math>\mid</math>
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| | \ll
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| | <math>\ll</math>
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| | \gg
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| | <math>\gg</math>
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| | \asymp
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| | <math>\asymp</math>
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| | \parallel
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| | <math>\parallel</math>
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| | \subset
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| | <math>\subset</math>
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| | \supset
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| | <math>\supset</math>
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| | \subseteq
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| | <math>\subseteq</math>
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| | \supseteq
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| | <math>\supseteq</math>
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| | \approx
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| | <math>\approx</math>
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| | \neq
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| | <math>\neq</math>
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| | \ni
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| | <math>\ni</math>
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| | \notin
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| | <math>\notin</math>
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| | \in
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| | <math>\ni</math>
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| | \vdash
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| | <math>\vdash</math>
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| | \dashv
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| | <math>\dashv</math>
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| | \bullet
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| | <math>\bullet</math>
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| | \cdot
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| | <math>\cdot</math>
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| ==Arrows==
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| | \leftarrow
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| | <math> \leftarrow</math>
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| | \longleftarrow
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| | <math> \longleftarrow</math>
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| | \Leftarrow
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| | <math> \Leftarrow</math>
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| | \Longleftarrow
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| | <math> \Longleftarrow</math>
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| | \rightarrow
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| | <math> \rightarrow</math>
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| | \longrightarrow
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| | <math> \longrightarrow</math>
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| | \Rightarrow
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| | <math> \Rightarrow</math>
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| | \Longrightarrow
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| | <math> \Longrightarrow</math>
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| | \uparrow
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| | <math> \uparrow</math>
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| | \Uparrow
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| | <math> \Uparrow</math>
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| | \downarrow
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| | <math> \downarrow</math>
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| | \Downarrow
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| | <math> \Downarrow</math>
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| | \leftrightarrow
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| | <math> \leftrightarrow</math>
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| | \longleftrightarrow
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| | <math> \longleftrightarrow</math>
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| | \updownarrow
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| | <math> \updownarrow</math>
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| | \Updownarrow
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| | <math> \Updownarrow</math>
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| | \Leftrightarrow
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| | <math> \Leftrightarrow</math>
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| | \Longleftrightarrow
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| | <math> \Longleftrightarrow</math>
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| | \leftrightharpoon
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| | <math> \rightleftharpoons</math>
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| | \Im
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| | <math> \Im</math>
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| | \nearrow
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| | <math> \nearrow</math>
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| | \nwarrow
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| | <math> \nwarrow</math>
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| | \swarrow
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| | <math> \swarrow</math>
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| | \searrow
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| | <math> \searrow</math>
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| ==Delimiters and Maths Constructs==
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| NOTE: Most delimiters and constructs need additional parameters for them to appear appropriately.
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| | \{x
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| | <math> \{x </math>
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| | x | \}
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| | <math>x | \} </math>
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| | \rangle
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| | <math> \rangle </math>
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| | \langle
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| | <math> \langle </math>
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| | \angle
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| | <math> \angle </math>
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| | \=
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| | <math> \| </math>
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| | \sqrt{ab}
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| | <math> \sqrt{ab}</math>
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| | \sqrt[n]{ab}
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| | <math> \sqrt[n]{ab}</math>
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| | \frac{ab}{cd}
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| | <math> \frac{ab}{cd}</math>
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| | \backslash
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| | <math> \backslash</math>
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| | \widehat{ab}
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| | <math> \widehat{ab}</math>
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| | \$
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| | <math> \$ </math>
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| | \overline{ab}
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| | <math> \overline{ab}</math>
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| | \underline{ab}
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| | <math> \underline{ab}</math>
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| | \therefore
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| | <math> \therefore</math>
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| | \ddots
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| | <math> \ddots</math>
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| | \%
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| | <math> \%</math>
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| | \#
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| | <math> \# </math>
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| | \vdots
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| | <math> \vdots</math>
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| | \emptyset
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| | <math> \emptyset</math>
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| WARNINGS: The & character in LaTeX usually requires a \. In TeX, apparently, it does not. Other packages, AsciiMath, may use it differently again so be careful using it. The copyright character may use the default MimeTeX charset, and produces a copyright notice for John Forkosh Associates. I have been, almost reliably, informed that a particular instruction will produce a different notice though .:)
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| There are also a number of characters that can be used in MimeTeX but do not render in this page:
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| | [[Image: cfmimetex08.png|frame|left]]
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| | Larger \left(x and \right) brackets
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| |[[Image: cfmimetex06.gif|frame|left]]
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| | \widetilde{ab}
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| |[[Image: cfmimetex09.gif|frame|left]]
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| | \textdegree or (50)^\circ
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| ==Greek Letters==
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| | <math>\alpha</math>
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| | \alpha
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| | <math>\beta</math>
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| | \beta
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| | <math>\gamma</math>
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| | \gamma
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| | <math>\delta</math>
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| | \delta
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| | <math>\epsilon</math>
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| | \epsilon
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| | <math>\zeta</math>
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| | \zeta
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| | <math>\eta</math>
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| | \eta
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| | <math>\theta</math>
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| | \theta
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| | <math>\iota</math>
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| | \iota
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| | <math>\kappa</math>
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| | \kappa
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| | <math>\lambda</math>
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| | \lambda
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| | <math>\mu</math>
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| | \mu
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| | <math>\xi</math>
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| | \xi
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| | <math>\pi</math>
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| | \pi
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| | <math>\rho</math>
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| | \rho
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| | <math>\sigma</math>
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| | \sigma
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| | <math>\tau</math>
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| | \tau
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| | <math>\upsilon</math>
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| | \upsilon
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| | <math>\phi</math>
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| | \phi
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| | <math>\chi</math>
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| | \chi
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| | <math>\psi</math>
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| | \psi
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| | <math>\omega</math>
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| | \omega
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| | <math>\Omega</math>
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| | \Omega
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| | <math>\Theta</math>
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| | \Theta
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| | <math>\Delta</math>
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| | \Delta
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| | <math>\Pi</math>
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| | \Pi
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| | <math>\Phi</math>
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| | \Phi
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| Notable Exceptions
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| Greek letter omicron. Simply put, omicron is an "o" or an "O".
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| ==Fonts==
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| To use a particular font you need to access the font using the same syntax as demonstrated above.
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| A math calligraphic font:
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| <math>\mathcal{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}</math>
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| $$ \mathcal{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}$$
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| A Castellar type font:
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| <math>\mathbb{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}</math>
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| $$ \mathbb{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}$$
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| An Old English type font:
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| <math>\mathfrak{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}</math>
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| or
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| $$ \mathfrak{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}$$
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| An italic font:
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| ''ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ''
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| or
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| $$ \mathi{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ} $$
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| A bold-face font:
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| <math>\mathbf{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ}</math>
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| or
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| $$ \mathbf{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ} $$
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| ==Size of displays==
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| The default size is rendered slightly larger than normal font size. MimeTeX uses eight different sizes ranging from "tiny" to "huge". However,these values seem to mean different things and are, I suspect, dependent upon the User's screen resolution. The sizes can be noted in four different ways:
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| | \fontsize{0} to \fontsize{7}
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| | $$\fontsize{2} x \ = \ \frac{\sqrt{144}}{2} \ \times \ (y \ + \ 12)$$
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| | \fs{0} to \fs{7}
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| | $$\fs{4} x \ = \ \frac{\sqrt{144}}{2} \ \times \ (y \ + \ 12)$$
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| | [[Image:cfmimetex11b.gif|left]]
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| | \fs0 to \fs7
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| | $$\fs6 x \ = \ \frac{\sqrt{144}}{2} \ \times \ (y \ + \ 12)$$
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| | As well, you can use \tiny \small
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| \normalsize \large \Large
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| \LARGE \huge \Huge
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| | $$\normalsize x \ = \ \frac{\sqrt{144}}{2} \ \times \ (y \ + \ 12)$$
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| | [[Image:cfmimetex11d.gif|left]]
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| It appears that MimeTeX now allows \fs6, \fs7, \huge and \Huge to be properly rendered.
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| ==See Also==
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| * [[Using MimeTeX]]
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| * [[Using MimeTeX 3]]
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| [[Category:Mathematics]]
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