[Blindmath] latex symbols

[Nelson Blachman]

  A period is a decimal point; the symbol for multiplication is *.

  Nelson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap at gmail.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:35 AM
Subject: [Blindmath] latex symbols


> Hi all,
> Here is a question that may be better suited to this list. A previous 
> message said that two good places to find math equations and algarithms 
> use latex (sorry if that is the wrong word) to present information. I know 
> the caret is exponent, underscore is subscript, and period is times. What 
> about braces ({ or })? Are there other common symbols I should know about? 
> Thanks.
>
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
> New email address: mehgcap at gmail.com
>
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