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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">Miscellaneous symbols</font></h1>
<h2>Some symbols for math</h2>
The following symbols are also used only in math mode
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<li><tt>\aleph</tt> Hebrew aleph
<li><tt>\hbar</tt> h-bar, Planck's constant
<li><tt>\imath</tt> variation on "i"; no dot
<ul><li>See also <a href="ltx-401.html"><tt>\i</tt></a></ul>
<li><tt>\jmath</tt> variation on "j"; no dot
<ul><li>See also <a href="ltx-401.html"><tt>\j</tt></a></ul>
<li><tt>\ell</tt> script (loop) "l"
<li><tt>\wp</tt> fancy script lowercase "P"
<li><tt>\Re</tt> script capital "R" ("Real")
<li><tt>\Im</tt> script capital "I" ("Imaginary")
<li><tt>\prime</tt> prime (also obtained by typing <tt>'</tt>)
<li><tt>\nabla</tt> inverted capital Delta
<li><tt>\surd</tt> radical (square root) symbol
<li><tt>\angle</tt> angle symbol
<li><tt>\forall</tt> "for all" (inverted A)
<li><tt>\exists</tt> "exists" (left-facing E)
<li><a href="ltx-164.html"><tt>\backslash</tt></a> backslash
<li><tt>\partial</tt> partial derivative symbol
<li><tt>\infty</tt> infinity symbol
<li><tt>\triangle</tt> open triangle symbol
<li><tt>\Box</tt> open square
<li><tt>\Diamond</tt> open diamond
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<li><tt>\flat</tt> music: flat symbol
<li><tt>\natural</tt> music: natural symbol
<li><tt>\sharp</tt> music: sharp symbol
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<li><tt>\clubsuit</tt> playing cards: club suit symbol
<li><tt>\diamondsuit</tt> playing cards: diamond suit symbol
<li><tt>\heartsuit</tt> playing cards: heart suit symbol
<li><tt>\spadesuit</tt> playing cards: space suit symbol
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<h2>Some other symbols</h2>
The following symbols can be used in any mode.
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<li><tt>\dag</tt> dagger
<li><tt>\ddag</tt> double dagger
<li><tt>\S</tt> section symbol
<li><tt>\P</tt> paragraph symbol
<li><tt>\copyright</tt> copyright symbol
<li><tt>\pounds</tt> British pound sterling symbol
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<h2>Calligraphic style letters</h2>
Twenty-six calligraphic letters are provided (the upper case alphabet). These
can only be used in math mode.<p>
In LaTeX 2.09 they are produced with the <tt>\cal</tt>
<a href="declarations.html">declaration</a>
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<tt>${\cal A}$</tt>
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In LaTeX2e they are obtained with the <tt>\mathcal</tt> command:
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<tt>$\mathcal{CAL}$</tt>
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See also:
See also <a href="ltx-115.html">Math Formulas</a>,
<a href="ltx-117.html">Math Symbols</a>,
<a href="ltx-119.html">Math Miscellany</a>
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<li><a href="ltx-406.html">Arrows</a>
<li><a href="ltx-403.html">Delimiters</a>
<li><a href="ltx-404.html">Binary and relational operators</a>
<li><a href="ltx-405.html">Greek letters</a>
<li><a href="ltx-408.html">Variable size symbols</a> (sums, integrals, etc.)
<li><a href="mathfonts.html">Math fonts and styles</a>
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<li><a href="stackrel.html"><tt>\stackrel</tt></a> (putting things above
other things)
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 7 Jul 1995.
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