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Miscellaneous symbols
Some symbols for math
The following symbols are also used only in math mode
- \aleph Hebrew aleph
- \hbar h-bar, Planck's constant
- \imath variation on "i"; no dot
- \jmath variation on "j"; no dot
- \ell script (loop) "l"
- \wp fancy script lowercase "P"
- \Re script capital "R" ("Real")
- \Im script capital "I" ("Imaginary")
- \prime prime (also obtained by typing ')
- \nabla inverted capital Delta
- \surd radical (square root) symbol
- \angle angle symbol
- \forall "for all" (inverted A)
- \exists "exists" (left-facing E)
- \backslash backslash
- \partial partial derivative symbol
- \infty infinity symbol
- \triangle open triangle symbol
- \Box open square
- \Diamond open diamond
- \flat music: flat symbol
- \natural music: natural symbol
- \sharp music: sharp symbol
- \clubsuit playing cards: club suit symbol
- \diamondsuit playing cards: diamond suit symbol
- \heartsuit playing cards: heart suit symbol
- \spadesuit playing cards: space suit symbol
Some other symbols
The following symbols can be used in any mode.
- \dag dagger
- \ddag double dagger
- \S section symbol
- \P paragraph symbol
- \copyright copyright symbol
- \pounds British pound sterling symbol
Calligraphic style letters
Twenty-six calligraphic letters are provided (the upper case alphabet). These
can only be used in math mode.
In LaTeX 2.09 they are produced with the \cal
declaration
${\cal A}$
In LaTeX2e they are obtained with the \mathcal command:
$\mathcal{CAL}$
See also:
See also Math Formulas,
Math Symbols,
Math Miscellany
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 7 Jul 1995.