ASCIIMath Reference

This document is a symbol reference for the ASCIIMath language.

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Basic Operations

Relations

Calculus

Symbols

Type	See
+	$\displaystyle+$
-	$\displaystyle-$
+-	$\displaystyle\pm$
*	$\displaystyle\cdot$
**	$\displaystyle\star$
-:	$\displaystyle\div$
1/2	$\displaystyle\frac{{1}}{{2}}$
1//2	$\displaystyle{1}\//{2}$
xx	$\displaystyle\times$
3^4	$\displaystyle{{3}}^{{4}}$
f@g	$\displaystyle{f}\circ{g}$
sqrt(5)	$\displaystyle\sqrt{{{5}}}$
root(3)(5)	$\displaystyle{\sqrt[{{3}}]{{{5}}}}$
sin^-1(x)	$\displaystyle{{\sin}}^{{-{{1}}}}{\left({x}\right)}$

Type	See
!=	$\displaystyle\ne$
< or lt	$\displaystyle\lt$
> or gt	$\displaystyle\gt$
<= or leq	$\displaystyle\leq$
>= or geq	$\displaystyle\geq$
in	$\displaystyle\in$
-=	$\displaystyle\equiv$
~=	$\displaystyle\stackrel{\sim}{=}$
~~	$\displaystyle\approx$
rarr	$\displaystyle\rightarrow$
->	$\displaystyle\to$
=>	$\displaystyle\Rightarrow$
iff	$\displaystyle\Leftrightarrow$

Type	See
int	$\displaystyle\int$
int_3^5	$\displaystyle{\int_{{3}}^{{5}}}$
sum	$\displaystyle\sum$
sum_(i=0)^oo	$\displaystyle{\sum_{{{i}={0}}}^{\infty}}$
lim_(x->2^+)	$\displaystyle\lim_{{{x}\to{{2}}^{+}}}$
oint	$\displaystyle\oint$
del	$\displaystyle\partial$
grad	$\displaystyle\nabla$
oo	$\displaystyle\infty$

Type	See
4^@	$\displaystyle{{4}}^{\circ}$
O/	$\displaystyle\emptyset$
/_	$\displaystyle\angle$
RR	$\displaystyle\mathbb{R}$
bb A	$\displaystyle{\mathbf{{A}}}$
bbb A	$\displaystyle{\mathbb{{A}}}$
hat x	$\displaystyle{\hat{{x}}}$
bar x	$\displaystyle{\overline{{x}}}$
vec x	$\displaystyle{\vec{{x}}}$
dot x	$\displaystyle{\dot{{x}}}$
(: 4,2 :)	$\displaystyle{\left\langle{4},{2}\right\rangle}$
[(1,2),(3,4)]	$\displaystyle{\left[\matrix{{1}&{2}\\{3}&{4}}\right]}$
{(x,x lt 1), (2,x ge 1):}	$\displaystyle{\left\lbrace\matrix{{x}&{x}\lt{1}\\{2}&{x}\ge{1}}\right.}$

Greek letters: alpha $\displaystyle\alpha$ beta $\displaystyle\beta$ chi $\displaystyle\chi$ delta $\displaystyle\delta$ Delta $\displaystyle\Delta$ epsilon $\displaystyle\epsilon$ varepsilon $\displaystyle\varepsilon$ eta $\displaystyle\eta$ gamma $\displaystyle\gamma$ Gamma $\displaystyle\Gamma$ iota $\displaystyle\iota$ kappa $\displaystyle\kappa$ lambda $\displaystyle\lambda$ Lambda $\displaystyle\Lambda$ mu $\displaystyle\mu$ nu $\displaystyle\nu$ omega $\displaystyle\omega$ Omega $\displaystyle\Omega$ phi $\displaystyle\phi$ varphi $\displaystyle\varphi$ Phi $\displaystyle\Phi$ pi $\displaystyle\pi$ Pi $\displaystyle\Pi$ psi $\displaystyle\psi$ Psi $\displaystyle\Psi$ rho $\displaystyle\rho$ sigma $\displaystyle\sigma$ Sigma $\displaystyle\Sigma$ tau $\displaystyle\tau$ theta $\displaystyle\theta$ vartheta $\displaystyle\vartheta$ Theta $\displaystyle\Theta$ upsilon $\displaystyle\upsilon$ xi $\displaystyle\xi$ Xi $\displaystyle\Xi$ zeta $\displaystyle\zeta$

For more examples and full syntax details, please visit ASCIIMath's website. ASCIIMathML was developed by Peter Jipsen, Chapman University.