[Blindmath] Nemeth symbol question

[Caryn Navy]

Hello Sarah.

The dots 246 symbol is used to represent a comma in a subscript or superscript, along with a possible space that follows the comma in print. In your example the subscript is 0 comma T, possibly with a space after the comma in print.

If you have a copy of the Nemeth Code rule book (The Nemeth Code for Mathematics and Science Notation, 1972 Revision), you can look up dots 246 and other symbols in Appendix B, Index of Braille Symbols, located in Volume 4. The .brf files for the five volumes are available at the BANA website www.brailleauthority.org, under Publications.

All the best,
Caryn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sarah Jevnikar 
To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics' 
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 2:39 AM
Subject: [Blindmath] Nemeth symbol question


Hi all,
I came across a strange symbol I've never seen before. I'll transcribe the
whole line of math for context.

Capital f, followed by dots 5-6 (I assume a subscript), then a 0, then the
strange symbol: dots 2-4-6, followed by a capital t

In some cases, the t has been replaced with actual numbers. What does the
2-4-6 symbol mean? Anyone know where I can find a directory of non-standard
Nemeth symbols?

Thank you kindly,
Sarah Jevnikar


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