ASCIIMath Symbol List

James Gray - The Open University

This is a list of symbols to accompany the ASCIIMath tutorial. To display the mathematics correctly, this page requires Internet Explorer 6 with MathPlayer installed, or Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape 7+ with MathML fonts installed (e.g. download the MIT MathML font packages).

Binary Operators
`+`+ `-`- `*`* `**`**
`//`// ` \\ `\\ `xx`xx or times `-:`-:
`@`@ `o+`o+ `ox`ox `o.`o.
`^^`^^ `vv`vv `nn`nn `uu`uu

Big Operators
`sum`sum `prod`prod `^^^`^^^ `vvv`vvv
`nnn`nnn `uuu`uuu `int`int `oint`oint
Note: superscripts and subscripts displayed above and below for big operators e.g. `sum_(i=1)^n`.

Binary Relations
`=`= `!=`!= `<` < `>` >
`<=` <= `>=` >= `-<` -< `>-` >-
`in`in `!in`!in `sub`sub `sup`sup
`sube`sube `supe`supe `-=`-= `~=`~=
`~~`~~ `prop`prop

Logical
`and`and `or`or `not`not `=>` =>
`if`if `iff`iff `AA`AA `EE`EE
`_|_`_|_ `TT`TT `|--`|-- `|==`|==

Brackets
`(`( `)`) `[`[ `]`]
`{`{ `}`} `(:`(: `:)`:)

Miscellaneous
`del`del `grad`grad `+-`+- `O/`O/
`oo`oo `aleph`aleph `/_`/_ `:.`:.
`...`... or ldots `cdots`cdots `vdots`vdots `ddots`ddots
`diamond`diamond `square`square `|__`|__ `__|`__|
`|~`|~ `~|`~| `CC`CC
`NN`NN `QQ`QQ `RR`RR `ZZ`ZZ

Standard Functions
`sin`sin `cos`cos `tan`tan
`csc`csc `sec`sec `cot`cot
`sinh`sinh `cosh`cosh `tanh`tanh
`log`log `ln`ln `det`det `dim`dim
`lim`lim `mod`mod `gcd`gcd `lcm`lcm
`min`min `max`max

Accents
`hat x`hat x `bar x`bar x `vec x`vec x `dot x`dot x `ddot x`ddot x

Arrows
`rarr`rarr or -> `larr`larr `harr`harr `uarr`uarr `darr`darr
`rArr`rArr `lArr`lArr `hArr`hArr `|->`|->

Fonts
`bb A`bb A `bbb A`bbb A `cc A`cc A
`tt A`tt A `fr A`fr A `sf A`sf A

Lowercase Greek Letters
`alpha`alpha `beta`beta `gamma`gamma `delta`delta
`epsilon`epsilon `varepsilon`varepsilon `zeta`zeta `eta`eta
`theta`theta `vartheta`vartheta `iota`iota `kappa`kappa
`lambda`lambda `mu`mu `nu`nu `xi`xi
`pi`pi `rho`rho `sigma`sigma `tau`tau
`upsilon`upsilon `phi`phi `varphi`varphi `chi`chi
`psi`psi `omega`omega

Uppercase Greek Letters
`Gamma`Gamma `Delta`Delta `Theta`Theta `Lambda`Lambda
`Xi`Xi `Pi`Pi `Sigma`Sigma `Phi`Phi
`Psi`Psi `Omega`Omega