| Symbol | Usage | Interpretation | Note | ~LaTeX | HTML | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~ | \(\tilde{a}\) | Reciprocal of \(a\): \(1/a\) resp. \(a^{-1}\) for \(a \ne 0\) (read as “turn”) | \widetilde{} | U+007E | ||
| \(\acute{}\) | \(\acute{a}\) | Decrement of \(a\): \(a – 1\) (read as “dec”) | \acute{} | U+00B4 | ||
| \(\grave{}\) | \(\grave{a}\) | Increment of \(a\): \(a + 1\) (read as “inc”) | \grave{} | U+0060 | ||
| ^ | \(\hat{a}\) | Double of \(a\): \(2a\) (read as “hat”) | \widehat{} | U+0302 | ||
| \(\check{}\) | \(\check{a}\) | Half of \(a\): \(a/2\) (read as “half”) | \widecheck{} | U+02C7 | ||
| \(\text{-}\) | \(a\text{-}\) | \(a\) negated: \(a\text{-}\) (read as “neg”) | \text{-} | U+002D | ||
| _ | \(z = a + \underline{b}\) | Complex part of \(z\): \(\underline{1}b\) with imaginary unit \(\underline{1}\) (read as “comp”) | \underline{} | U+005F | ||
| \(\nu\) | \({}^{\nu} A\) | greatest finite number: intersection of the complex or real set \(A\) for \({}^{\nu}\mathbb{C} := [-\nu, \; \nu] + i[-\nu, \nu]\) | \nu | ν | U+03BD | |
| \(\omega\) | \({}^{\omega} A\) | greatest mid-finite number: intersection of the complex or real set \(A\) mit \({}^{\omega}\mathbb{C} := [-\omega, \omega] + i[-\omega, \omega]\) | \omega | ω | U+03C9 | |
| \(\iota\) | \(\iota = \min \mathbb{R}_{>0}\) | smallest positive real number | \iota | ι | U+03B9 | |
| \({}_b\) | \({}_b a = \log_b a\) | Logarithm to base \(b\) for \(a \in \mathbb{C} \setminus \mathbb{R}_{\le 0}\) (read as “b log a”) | {}_b | |||
| \({}_1\) | \({}_1 x = x/||x||\) | Unit vector to \(x \ne 0\) | {}_1 | |||
| \(\infty\) | \(\infty \gg \tilde{\iota}^2\) | Replacing \(\pm0\) by \(\pm\widetilde{\infty}\) | Infinity | \infty | ∞ | U+221E |
| \(\mathbb M\) | \({\mathbb{M}}_{\mathbb{R}} = {}^{\omega}{\mathbb{R}} \setminus {}^{\nu}{\mathbb{R}}\) | mid-finite numbers: \({\mathbb{M}}_{\mathbb{C}} := {\mathbb{M}}_{\mathbb{R}} + i{\mathbb{M}}_{\mathbb{R}}\) | \mathbb{M} | 𝕄 | U+1D544 | |
| \({}^{\dot{}}\) | \(\dot{A}\) | point-symmetric set \(A\) | \dot | ˙ | U+02D9 | |
| \({}^{\ll}\) | \(A^{\ll}\) | Set \(A\) without boundary \(\partial A\) given by min \(\{d(x, y) : x \in A°, y \in A^{\prime}\} = \tilde{\nu}\) | {}^{\ll} | ≪ | U+226A | |
| \(‘\) | \(A’\) | Complement of the set \(A\) | Complement | ‘ | U+0027 | |
| \(\curvearrowleft\) | \(\curvearrowleft {a}\) | Predecessor of \(a\) (read as “pre”) | \curvearrowleft | U+21B6 | ||
| \(\curvearrowright\) | \(\curvearrowright {a}\) | Successor of \(a\) (read as “post”) | \curvearrowright | U+21B7 | ||
| \(\upharpoonright\) | \(a{\upharpoonright}_n\) | \(n\)-fold repetition of \(a\) in the form \((a, … , a)^T\) (read as “rep”) | \upharpoonright | U+21BE | ||
| \(\downarrow\) | \(\downarrow x\) | Differential of \(x\) (read as “down”) | \downarrow | ↓ | U+8595 | |
| \(\uparrow\) | \(\uparrow f(x)\downarrow x\) | Integral of \(f(x)\) (read as “up”) | \uparrow | ↑ | U+8593 | |
| \(\Box\) | End of proof | \Box | U+25A1 | |||
| \(\triangle\) | End of definition | \triangle | Δ | U+2206 |
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