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Formula Command Reference 0.4 First edition: 05 June 2003 First English edition: 05 June 2003

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Contents........................................................................................................................................... 2 Overvie ..........................................................................................................................................3 Co!"right and trademar# information..............................................................................................3 Feed$ac#.......................................................................................................................................... 3 %c#no ledgments............................................................................................................................3 &odifications and u!dates............................................................................................................... 4 Command Reference........................................................................................................................5 Commands...................................................................................................................................5 'nar" ( )inar" O!erators........................................................................................................5 Relational O!erators............................................................................................................... * +et O!erations........................................................................................................................ , Functions................................................................................................................................ O!erators................................................................................................................................ . %ttri$utes.............................................................................................................................. /0 Others................................................................................................................................... /2 )rac#ets................................................................................................................................ /3 Formats................................................................................................................................. /4 Characters................................................................................................................................../5 0ree#.................................................................................................................................... /5 +!ecial.................................................................................................................................. /5

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Modifications and updates

3his is the first edition. 5lace an" modifications and u!dates in this section. Fred +aal$ach 2, &ar 2004

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Description of Change
=nitial edition issued for comment %dded ta$le >Commands6 attri$utes ? continued.@ sho ing font colors6 and commands s itching from serif to sans serif fonts. Fred +aal$ach &inor corrections to additions to a$ove. =an 8aurenson Revised ta$le of contents. Fred +aal$ach

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Command Reference
Commands
Unary !inary Operators

Operation
Asign ;sign A(; sign ;(A sign )oolean not %ddition A &ulti!lication dot &ulti!lication BCD &ulti!lication BED )oolean and +u$traction B;D <ivision BfractionD <ivision Bo!erandD <ivision BslashD )oolean or Concatenate

Command
A/ ;/ A;/ neg / neg a aA$ a cdot $ a times $ aE$ a and $ a;$ a over $ a div $ a($ a or $ a circ $

Display
/ / / /
a a b

ab
a b a b ab a b

a b
a b a /b ab ab

Table 1Commands, unary & binary.Relations

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Relational Operators

Operation
=s eFual =s not eFual %!!roJimatel" <ivides <oes not divide 8ess than 0reater than +imilar to or eFual 5arallel Orthogonal to 8ess than or eFual to 0reater than or eFual to +imilar to Congruent 8ess than or eFual to 0reater than or eFual to 5ro!ortional 3o ard %rro left <ou$le arro left and right %rro right Table 2Commands, relations.

Command
aG$ a HI $ a a!!roJ 2 a divides $ a ndivides $ aH2 aI2 a simeF $ a !arallel $ a ortho $ a leslant $ a geslant $ a sim $ a eFuiv $ a HG $ a IG $ a !ro! $ a to ard $ a dlarro $ a dlrarro $ a drarro $

Display
a= b

a2 a 2

ab ab
a2 a2
a b

ab
ab a b a b a~b a b a b a b a b a b a b a!b a"b

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"et Operations

Operation
=s in =s not in O ens Em!t" set =ntersection 'nion <ifference Kuotient %le!h +u$set +u$set or eFual to +u!erset +u!erset or eFual to 7ot su$set 7ot su$set or eFual 7ot su!erset 7ot +u!erset or eFual 7atural 7um$ers +et +et of =ntegers +et of rational num$ers +et of real num$ers +et of com!leJ num$ers Table 3Commands, set operators.

Command
a in $ a notin $ a o ns $ em!t"set a intersection $ a union $ a setminus $ a slash $ ale!h a su$set $ a su$seteF $ a su!set $ a su!seteF $ a nsu$set $ a nsu$seteF $ a nsu!set $ a nsu!seteF $ set7 setL setK setR setC

Display
a #b a $b a %b

&
a' b a( b a )b a /b

*
a+ b a, b a-b a. b a/ b a0 b a1b a2 b

3 4 5 6 7

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Functions

Operation
EJ!onential 7atural logarithm EJ!onential function 8ogarithm 5o er +ine Cosine 3angent Cotangent +Fuare root %rcsine %rc cosine %rctangent %rc cotangent n root 2"!er$olic sine 2"!er$olic cosine 2"!er$olic tangent 2"!er$olic cotangent %$solute value %rc h"!er$olic sine %rc h"!er$olic cosine %rc h"!er$olic tangent %rc h"!er$olic cotangent factorial Table 4Commands, function.
th

Command
func eMNaO lnBaD eJ!BaD logBaD aMN$O sinBaD cosBaD tanBaD cotBaD sFrtNaO arcsinBaD arccosBaD arctanBaD arccotBaD nrootNaON$O sinhBaD coshBaD tanhBaD cothBaD a$sNaO arsinhBaD arccoshBaD arctanhBaD arccothBaD factBaD

Display
ea

ln 8 a 9 eJ! 8 a 9 log 8 a 9
ab

sin 8 a 9 cos 8 a 9 tan 8 a 9 cot 8 a 9

:a
arcsin 8 a 9 arccos 8 a 9 arctan 8 a 9 arccot 8 a 9
a b :

sinh 8 a 9 cosh 8 a 9 tanh 8 a 9 coth 8 a 9

a
arsinh 8 a 9 arcosh 8 a 9 artanh 8 a 9 arcoth 8 a 9 a;

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Operators %ll o!erators can $e used ith the limit functions B>from@ and >to@D

Operation
8imit +um 5roduct Co!roduct 8imits from and to Bsho n ith intigralD =ntigral <ou$le intigral 3ri!!le =ntigral 8o er limit sho n ith summation s"m$ol Curved intigeral <ou$le curved intigeral 3ri!!le curved intigeral '!!er limit sho n ith !roduct s"m$ol Table 5Commands, operators.

Command
8imBaD sumBaD !rodBaD co!rodBaD int from NrP0O to NrPtO a

Display
lim a

<a =a >a
?a
r0 rt

intNaO iintNaO iiintNaO sum fromN3O$ lint a llint a lllint a !rod toN3O r

?a @a Aa <b
3

Ba Ca Da
=r
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Attributes

Operation
%cute accent 0rave accent Reverse circumfleJ )reve Circle 9ector arro 3ilde CircumfleJ 8ine a$ove <ot Qide vector arro Qide tilde Qide circumfleJ <ou$le dot 8ine over 8ine under 8ine through Ri!!le dot 3rans!arent Buseful to get a !laceholder of a given siReD )old font =talic font
/

Command
acute a grave a chec# a $reve a circle a vec a tilde a hat a $ar a dot a idevec a$c idetilde a$c idehat a$c ddot overline a$c 'nderline a$c overstri#e ac$ dddot a !hantom a $old a
ital a

Display
a E a F a G a H a I a J a K a L a M a N

J abc K a bc L abc
a O

abc abc acb

a P

a a

ResiRe font Table !Commands, attributes.

siRe /* Fv

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%ttri$utes Continued

Operation
Following item in sans serif font2 Following item in serif font Following item in fixed font Make color of following text cyan Make color of following text yellow Make color of following text green Make color of following text blue Make color of following text white Make color of following text red Make color green returns to default color black Brace items to change color of more than one item

Command
font sans qv font serif qv font fiJed qv color c"an qv color "ello qv color green qv color blue qv color white qv color red qv color green C qv color green {X qv}

Display
qv q
qv

q q q

q q
q
"q "q

Table #Commands, attributes $ continued.

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Others

Operation
=nfinit" 5artial 7a$la 3here eJists For all 2 $ar 8am$da $ar Real !art =maginar" !art Qeierstrss ! 8eft arro Right arro '! arro <o n arro <ots at $ottom <ots at middle <ots vertical <ots diagonal u! ard <ots diagonal do n ard Table %Commands, ot&ers.

Command
infinit" !artial na$la eJists forall h$ar lam$da$ar re im ! leftarro rightarro u!arro do narro dotslo dotsaJis dotsvert dotsu! dotsdo n

Display
Q R S T U

Va W X Y Z
[ \ ] ^ _ ` a b

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!rackets

Operation
Round )rac#ets +Fuare )rac#ets <ou$le +Fuare )rac#ets +ingle line <ou$le line )races %ngle )rac#ets O!erator )rac#ets 0rou! $rac#ets Bused for !rogram controlD Round $rac#ets scala$le B3o ma#e $rac#ets scala$le add the ord >left $efore a left $rac#et and >right@ $efore a right $rac#et +Fuare $rac#ets scala$le <ou$le sFuare $rac#ets scala$le 8ine scala$le <ou$le line scala$le )race scala$le %ngle $rac#et scala$le O!erator $rac#ets scala$le Over $race scala$le 'nder $race scalea$le

Command
BaD S$T ld$rac#et c rd$rac#et lline a rline ldline a rdline l$race r$race

Display
8a9 cbd e cf a a g' h id j i ab j
a

langle d rangle langle a mline $ rangle NaO left B stack{a # b # z} right D

89
a b (

left S $ right T left ld$rac#et c right rd$rac#et left lline a right rline left ldline d right rdline left l$race e right r$race left langle f right rangle left langle g mline h right rangle N3he $race is a$oveO over$race a Nthe $race is $elo Ounder$race NfO

c bd e cf
a

d ge h ifj i )& j

k T&e brace is abo e t&e brace is belo' l

f

Table *Commands, braces.

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Formats

Operation
Left Superscript Center Superscript

Command
a lsup{b} sum(a)a csup{b}

Display
b

a
ab
b

Right Superscript Left subscript Center subscript Right subscript Align character to left Align character to center Align character to right Vertical stack of 2 Vertical stack, more than 2

a^{b} a lsub{b} a csub{b} a_{b} (alignl(a)) (alignc(a)) (alignr(a)) binom{a}{b} stack{a # b # z}

a
b

ab

88 a 99 88 a 99 88 a 99
a b a b ( a c
a

Matrix stack

matrix{a # b ## c # d}

b d
Gb Gc

Common mathematical arrangement New Line Small gap (apostrophe) Large gap (tilde) Table 1-Commands, formats.

matrix{a # "="b ## {} # "="c}

asldkfjo newline sadkfj stuff`stuff stuff~stuff

asld+f,o sad+f,
stuff stuff stuff stuff

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Characters
#reek
U%852%
U<E83%

.
UE3%

U)E3% /

UC2=

"

UE5+=8O7

0
U8%&)<%

U0%&&%

UV%55% U=O3% 2
UO&E0%

n
U7' 5 U5+= s UC= w
U$eta

3
UO&=CRO7

o
U52= q U32E3%

U&' 4 U5= r U'5+=8O7

p
UR2O 7 ULE3% 8 Uchi z Uiota Uomega Usigma Uvar!hi UJi

6
U+=0&%

v
Ual!ha

Udelta { U#a!!a Uomicron Utau Uvar!i UReta

Ue!silon | Ulam$da U!hi Utheta Uvarrho

Ueta } Umu U!i Uu!silon Uvarsigma

Ugamma ~ Unu Urho Uvare!silon

Uvartheta

Table 11C&aracters, 9ree+.

"pecial
Uand
Uangle Unoelement UnoteFual Uelement # Uor Uidentical

U!erthousand

Uinfinite Q Ustrictl"greatert han

$
Ustrictl"lessthan

Utendto

Table 12C&aracters, special.

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