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LaTeX Math Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Math in LaTeX reference

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

inline expression

\(<expression>\)
$<expression>$
\begin{math}
<expression>
\end{math}
Writes <ex­pre­ssi­on> as part of a paragraph

Greek letters

\alpha
𝛼
\beta
𝛽
\gamma
\Gamma
𝛾
𝛤
\delta
\Delta
𝛿
𝛥
\epsilon
\varepsilon
ϵ
ε
\zeta
𝜁
\eta
𝜂
\theta
\vartheta
\Theta
𝜃
𝜗
𝛩
\iota
𝜄
\kappa
\varkappa
𝜅
𝜘
\lambda
\Lambda
𝜆
𝛬
\mu
𝜇
\nu
𝜈
\xi
\Xi
𝜉
𝛯
\pi
\varpi
\Pi
𝜋
𝜛
𝛱
\rho
\varrho
𝜌
𝜚
\sigma
\varsigma
\Sigma
𝜎
𝜍
𝛴
\tau
𝜏
\upsilon
\Upsilon
𝜐
𝛶
\phi
\varphi
\Phi
𝜙
𝜑
𝛷
\chi
𝜒
\psi
\Psi
𝜓
𝛹
\omega
𝜔
\digamma
𝟋

Variab­le-­sized symbols

\sum
\prod
\coprod


\int
\oint
\iint


\biguplus
\bigcap
\bigcup


\bigoplus
\bigotimes
\bigodot


\bigvee
\bigwedge
\bigsqcup


 

Display math

\[<expression>\]
\begin{displaymath}
<expression>
\end{displaymath}
\begin{equation}
<expression>
\end{equation}
Writes <ex­pre­ssi­on> centered on its own line

Math constructs

\frac{<N>}{<D>}
creates a fraction with numerator <N> and denomi­nator <D>
<f>'
<𝑓>′
`{{lang-tex}}\sqrt{n}
√n̅
\sqrt[m]{n}
ͫ√n̅
\overline{ac}
a̅c̅
\underline{ab}
a͟b
\widehat{ac}
a͡c (but like ^)
\widetilde{ac}
a͠c
\overrightarrow{ac}
\overleftarrow{ac}
a͞c͐
᷾a͞c
\overbrace{ac}
\underbrace{ac}}
a᷉ˆc᷈ (like '{')
a̫˯c̫ (but like'}')

Delimiters

| 
\vert
|
\| 
\Vert
\{ 
\}
{
}
\langle
\rangle

\lfloor
\rfloor

\lceil
\rceil

/
\backslash
/
\
\Uparrow
\uparrow
\Downarrow
\downarrow



\llcorner
\lrcorner
\ulcorner
\urcorner



use the pair
\lefts1
and
\rights2
to match height of delimiters s1 and s2 to the height of their contents, e.g.,
\left\{ expr \right\{

Standard function names

\sin
\cos
tan
sin
cos
tan
\arcsin
\arccos
\arctan
arcsin
arccos
arctan
\sec
\csc
\cot
sec
csc
cot

Miscel­aneous symbols

\infty
\nabla
\forall 
\exists
\nexists


\partial
\angle
\measuredangle
\sphericalangle


\vec{a}
\hat{a}
\bar{a}
\check{a}
\dot{a}
a̅˃



\hbar
\hslash
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