Inside one of these environments LATEX uses special formatting rules, the so called ``math mode''. Many of the following commands only work in math mode.
description | name | result |
greek letters | \alpha, \beta | ![]() |
\Gamma, \Delta |
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sub and superscripts | a_i, e^{4\pi i} |
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relations | \leq, \geq, \subset |
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arrows | \leftrightarrow, \Rightarrow |
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fractions |
\frac{2}{4-x} | ![]() |
large brackets | \left(\frac{2}{4-x} \right) |
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square roots | \sqrt{42+y} | ![]() |
integrals | \int_0^1 x^2 dx |
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LATEX input | result |
a_n+1 | ![]() |
a_{n+1} | ![]() |
The generated document looks like: