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	$\amalg$	\cup	$\cup$	\oplus	$\oplus$	\times	$\times$
\ast	$\ast$	\dagger	$\dagger$	\oslash	$\oslash$	\triangleleft	$\triangleleft$
\bigcirc	$\bigcirc$	\ddagger	$\ddagger$	\otimes	$\otimes$	\triangleright	$\triangleright$
\bigtriangledown	$\bigtriangledown$	\diamond	$\diamond$	\pm	$\pm$	\odot	$\odot$
\bigtriangleup	$\bigtriangleup$	\div	$\div$	\ominus	$\ominus$	\wr	$\wr$
\circ	$\circ$	\wedge	$\wedge$	\vee	$\vee$	\sqcup	$\sqcup$
\leq	$\leq$	\geq	$\geq$	\equiv	$\equiv$	\prec	$\prec$
\succ	$\succ$	\sim	$\sim$	\perp	$\perp$	\preceq	$\preceq$
\succeq	$\succeq$	\simeq	$\simeq$	\mid	$\mid$	\ll	$\ll$
\gg	$\gg$	\asymp	$\asymp$	\parallel	$\parallel$	\subset	$\subset$
\supset	$\supset$	\subseteq	$\subseteq$	\supseteq	$\supseteq$	\approx	$\approx$
\neq	$\neq$	\ni	$\ni$	\notin	$\notin$	\in	$\ni$
\vdash	$\vdash$	\dashv	$\dashv$	\bullet	$\bullet$	\cdot	$\cdot$

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

$$ \angle $$

|

$$ | $$

\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.

See Also

• Using MimeTeX