[Blindmath] latex symbols

[Neil Soiffer]

Two other important ones are
\frac{a}{b}
\sqrt{a}

Also, the dot to use for multiplication is \cdot -- "*" will produce an
asterisk.
The multiplication"x" is \times

Neil Soiffer
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On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Nelson Blachman
<nelson.blachman at gmail.com>wrote:

>  A period is a decimal point; the symbol for multiplication is *.
>
>  Nelson
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Blindmath] latex symbols
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>  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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