How to Use LaTeX in Markdown
Markdown natively supports writing mathematical formulas and symbols using LaTeX.
Font Styles
- Line break:
\\ - Space:
\ - Center alignment: wrap with
$$ - Font styles: bold:
\mathbf, italic:\mathit - Font sizes:
\tiny,\scriptsize,\small,\normalsize,\large,\Large,\huge,\Huge - Color:
\color{color_value}{text/symbol} - Comment:
\text{content}
Arithmetic Operations
- Dot product:
\cdot - Cross product:
\times
Superscript / Subscript
- Superscript:
^ - Subscript:
_ - If nested, use
{}to enclose.
Example: \(\(X^{2m}_{3n}\)\)
Overline / Underline
- Overline:
\overline - Underline:
\underline
Example: \(\(\overline{x^2+a+b}\)\)
Fractions
Representation of fractions: \frac{numerator}{denominator}
Systems of Equations
Method 1: \begin{array}{c} expression_1\\expression_2... \end{array} Method 2: \begin{cases}…\end{cases}
Square Root
Format: \sqrt[n]{x}, where n represents the root index and x represents the radicand.
Greek Letters
| Greek Letter (uppercase) | Expression | Greek Letter (lowercase) | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | A | α | \alpha |
| B | B | β | \beta |
| Γ | \Gamma | γ | \gamma |
| Δ | \Delta | δ | \delta |
| E | E | ϵ | \epsilon |
| Z | Z | ε | \varepsilon |
| H | H | η | \eta |
| Θ | \Theta | θ | \theta |
| I | I | ι | \iota |
| K | K | κ | \kappa |
| Λ | \Lambda | λ | \lambda |
| M | M | μ | \mu |
| N | N | ν | \nu |
| Ξ | \Xi | ξ | \xi |
| O | O | ο | \omicron |
| Π | \Pi | π | \pi |
| P | P | ρ | \rho |
| Σ | \Sigma | σ | \sigma |
| T | T | τ | \tau |
| Υ | \Upsilon | υ | \upsilon |
| Φ | \Phi | ϕ | \phi |
| − | - | φ | \varphi |
| X | X | χ | \chi |
| Ψ | \Psi | ψ | \psi |
| Ω | \Omega | ω | \omega |
Operators
| Operator | Expression | Operator | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± | \pm | ∅ | \emptyset |
| × | \times | ∈ | \in |
| ÷ | \div | ∉ | \notin |
| ∣ | \mid | ⊂ | \subset |
| ⋅ | \cdot | ⊃ | \supset |
| ∘ | \circ | ⊆ | \subseteq |
| ∗ | \ast | ⊇ | \supseteq |
| ⨀ | \bigodot | ⋂ | \bigcap |
| ⨂ | \bigotimes | ⋃ | \bigcup |
| ⨁ | \bigoplus | ⋁ | \bigvee |
| ≤ | \leq | ⋀ | \bigwedge |
| ≥ | \geq | ≠ | \neq |
| ≈ | \approx | ≡ | \equiv |
Calculus Symbols
| Operator | Expression | Operator | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| ∮ | \oint | ∞ | \infty |
| ∇ | \nabla | ∫ | \int |
| ∑ | \sum | lim | \lim |
| → | \vec{} | - | - |
Logical Symbols
| Operator | Expression | Operator | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| ∵ | \because | ∴ | \therefore |
| ∀ | \forall | ∃ | \exists |
References and Acknowledgements
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