Using MimeTeX 2
As we have already covered the basics of MimeTeX, this page is devoted to more advanced issues.
Maths symbols available in Moodle
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.
Keyboard characters are available as themselves but many characters have a significance in TeX. All control sequences start with the backslash, \, and have no end character. All command sequences start and end with the $$. There are a number of different types of charsets available, not just Maths but also scientific sets but these need be installed to your Moodle if you want additional charsets.
| \amalg | \cup | \oplus | \times | ||||
| \ast | \dagger | \oslash | \triangleleft | ||||
| \bigcirc | \ddagger | \otimes | \triangleright | ||||
| \bigtriangledown | \diamond | \pm | \odot | ||||
| \bigtriangleup | \div | \ominus | \wr | ||||
| \circ | \wedge | \vee | \sqcup | ||||
| \leq | \geq | \equiv | \prec | ||||
| \succ | \sim | \perp | \preceq | ||||
| \succeq | \simeq | \mid | \ll | ||||
| \gg | \asymp | \parallel | \subset | ||||
| \supset | \subseteq | \supseteq | \approx | ||||
| \neq | \ni | \notin | \in | ||||
| \vdash | \dashv | \bullet | \cdot |
Arrows
\leftarrow
$$\leftarrow$$
\longleftarrow
$$\longleftarrow$$
\Leftarrow
$$\Leftarrow$$
\Longleftarrow
$$\Longleftarrow$$
\rightarrow
$$\rightarrow$$
\longrightarrow
$$\longrightarrow$$
\Rightarrow
$$\Rightarrow$$
\Longrightarrow
$$\Longrightarrow$$
\uparrow
$$\uparrow$$
\Uparrow
$$\Uparrow$$
\downarrow
$$\downarrow$$
\Downarrow
$$\Downarrow$$
\leftrightarrow
$$\leftrightarrow$$
\longleftrightarrow
$$\longleftrightarrow$$
\updownarrow
$$\updownarrow$$
\Updownarrow
$$\Updownarrow$$
\Leftrightarrow
$$\Leftrightarrow$$
\Longleftrightarrow
$$\Longleftrightarrow$$
\leftrightharpoon
$$\rightleftharpoons$$
\Im
$$\Im$$
\nearrow
$$\nearrow$$
\nwarrow
$$\nwarrow$$
\swarrow
$$\swarrow$$
\searrow
$$\searrow$$
Delimiters and Maths Constructs
NOTE: Most delimiters and constructs need additional parameters for them to appear appropriately.
\{x
$$\{x $$
x \}
$$x \} $$
\(
$$\left(x $$
\)
$$ x\right) $$
\rangle
$$\rangle $$
\langle
$$ \langle $$
\angle
$$ \angle $$
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$$ | $$
\sqrt{ab}
$$\sqrt{ab}$$
\sqrt[n]{ab}
$$\sqrt[n]{ab}$$
\frac{ab}{cd}
$$\frac{ab}{cd}$$
\backslash
$$\backslash$$
\widetilde{ab}
$$\widetilde{ab}$$
\widehat{ab}
$$\widehat{ab}$$
\overline{ab}
$$\overline{ab}$$
\underline{ab}
$$\underline{ab}$$
\$
$$ \$ $$
\therefore
$$\therefore$$
\%
$$\%$$
\#
$$\# $$
\angle
$$\angle$$
\vdots
$$\vdots$$
\ddots
$$\ddots$$
\emptyset
$$\emptyset$$
WARNINGS: The & character in $$LaTeX$$ usually requires a \. In $$TeX$$, apparently, it does not. Other packages, AsciiMath, when it becomes available, 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.
