Equation Editor Quick Reference Sheets

Greek Characters

Based on http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/itex+greek+letters

Command

Result

Command

Result

Command

Result

\alpha

α

\Alpha

Α

\beta

β

\Beta

Β

\gamma

γ

\Gamma

Γ

\delta

δ

\Delta

Δ

\epsilon

ε

\varepsilon

ε

\E

E

\zeta

ζ

\Zeta

Ζ

\eta

η

\Eta

Η

\theta

θ

\Theta

Θ

\iota

ι

\Iota

Ι

\kappa

κ

\Kappa

Κ

\lambda

λ

\Lambda

Λ

\mu

μ

\Mu

Μ

\nu

ν

\Nu

Ν

\xi

ξ

\Xi

Ξ

\omicron

O

O

\pi

π

\varpi

ϖ

\Pi

Π

\rho

ρ

\varrho

ϱ

\Rho

Ρ

\sigma

σ

\varsigma

ς

\Sigma

Σ

\tau

τ

\Tau

Τ

\upsilon

υ

\Upsilon or \Upsi

ϒ

\phi

ϕ

\varphi

φ

\Phi

ϕ

\chi

χ

X

X

\psi

ψ

\Psi

Ψ

\omega

ω

\Omega

Ω

Archaic Letters and Other Symbols

Command

Result

\backepsilon

϶

\digamma

ϝ

\mho

Note some uppercase greeks and all the archaic letters are not correctly displayed with Abiword.  Font problem??


Operators

Based on http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/itex+operators

Command

Result

Command

Result

\amalg

⨿

\clubsuit

\angle

 ??

\diamondsuit

\measuredangle

??

\heartsuit

\sphericangle

sphericangle ??

\spadesuit

\approx

\circ

\approxeq

\bigcirc

\thickapprox

thickaprox ??

\cong

 

\asymp

\ncong

 

\backslash

\

\dagger

\because

\ddagger

\between

\dashv

\bottom = \bot

\Vdash

\boxminus = \minusb

 

\vDash

\boxplus = \plusb

 

\nvDash

\boxtimes = \timesb

 

\VDash

\bowtie

\nVdash

nVdash 

\bullet

\vdash

\cap

\nvdash

 

\cup

\Vvdash

 

\cdot

\Diamond


Fractions superscripts and subscripts

Based on http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/itex+fractions+superscripts+and+subscripts

\frac{x}{y}

xy

x^{y}

x y

x_{y}

x y

\frac{x}{1+\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}

x1 +v 2 c 2

\tfrac{x}{y}

xy

\binom{m}{n}

(mn)

{x over y}

xy

{x \atop y}

xy

\sum_{\substack{0 \leq i \leq n \\ 0 \leq j \leq m}}A_{ij}

0 in 0 jmA ij  

\overset{u}{\overbrace{w x y z}}

wxyzu

\underset{u}{\underbrace{v w x y z}}

vwxyzu

\underset{x y z}{\longrightarrow}

xyz

\overset{x y z}{\to}

xyz

\stackrel{x y z}{\to}

xyz

\underoverset{x y z}{2}{\Rightarrow}

xyz2

\tensor{X}{_i_j^k^l}

Xi j k l

\multiscripts{^2_0_1}{X}{^j_i_k}

X j i k 2 0 1

\sqrt{\frac{a x +b}{c x + d}}\Alpha

ax+bcx+d

\root{n}{x}

xn

\mathop{plim}{X_n}

plimX n

Examples of combining symbols

http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/itex+large+operators

\prod_{n=0}^\infty{\left(\frac{z^n-1}{z^n+1}\right)}^{-n}

n=0 (z n1 z n+1 ) n

{\int e^{-\sqrt{\frac{a x + b}{c x + d}}} d x}

e ax+bcx+ddx

\int e^{-\sqrt{\frac{a x + b}{c x + d}}} d x

e ax+bcx+ddx

{\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-\sqrt{\frac{a x + b}{c x + d}}} d x}

0 e ax+bcx+ddx

{\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{x^n}{\left(1- \frac{1}{x^n}\right)}}

n=1 x n(1 1 x n)

\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{x^n}{\left(1- \frac{1}{x^n}\right)}

n=1 x n(1 1 x n)

{\prod_{n=0}^\infty{\left(\frac{z^n-1}{z^n+1}\right)}^{-n}}

n=0 (z n1 z n+1 ) n