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Other Symbols

Shows miscellaneous mathematical symbols.

To access this command...

Open the context menu in the Commands window - choose Others

Choose View - Elements; then on the Elements pane select Others from the list box.

Symbols in detail

Partial

Inserts the symbol for a partial differentiation. Command for the Commands window: partial

Infinity

Inserts the symbol for infinity. Command for the Commands window: infinity or infty

Nabla

Inserts the symbol for a Nabla vector operator. Command for the Commands window: nabla

There exists

Inserts the symbol for an existential quantifier. Command for the Commands window: exists

There does not exist

Inserts the symbol for an existential quantifier. Command for the Commands window: notexists

For all

Inserts the symbol for a universal quantifier "for all". Command for the Commands window: forall

h Bar

Inserts the symbol for the h-bar constant. Command for the Commands window: hbar

Lambda Bar

Inserts the symbol for a lambda-bar. Command for the Commands window: lambdabar

Real Part

Inserts the symbol for the real part of a complex number. Command for the Commands window: re

Imaginary Part

Inserts the symbol for the imaginary part of a complex number. Command for the Commands window: im

Weierstrass p

This icon inserts a Weierstrass p-function symbol. Command for the Commands window: wp

Left Arrow

This icon inserts a left arrow. Command for the Commands window: leftarrow

Right Arrow

This icon inserts a right arrow. Command for the Commands window: rightarrow

Up Arrow

This icon inserts an up arrow. Command for the Commands window: uparrow

Down Arrow

This icon inserts a down arrow. Command for the Commands window: downarrow

Ellipsis

This icon inserts an ellipsis (three low horizontal dots). Command for the Commands window: dotslow

Math-axis Ellipsis

This icon inserts an axis-ellipsis (three vertically centred horizontal dots). Command for the Commands window: dotsaxis

Vertical Ellipsis

This icon inserts a vertical ellipsis (three vertical dots). Command for the Commands window: dotsvert

Upward Diagonal Ellipsis

This icon inserts an upward diagonal ellipsis (three dots on the diagonal from the bottom left to the top right)Command for the Commands window: dotsup or dotsdiag

Downward Diagonal Ellipsis

This icon inserts a downward diagonal ellipsis (three dots on the diagonal from upper left to lower right). Command for the Commands window: dotsdown

A back epsilon can be inserted by typing backepsilon in the Commands window.

To insert a placeholder into your formula, type in the Commands window.