Miscellaneous Symbols
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Symbol | Symbol | Definition | Example |
a^n | - | power, an exponent | 5^4 = 3125 |
% | - | percent, 1% = 1/100 | 5% \times 4 = 0.2 |
\Phi | Phi | golden ratio | 1 : 1.6180339887... |
\pi | pi | Pi | \pi = 3.141592654... |
e | - | Euler's number constant | e = 2.718281828... |
\gamma | gamma | Euler-Mascheroni constant | \gamma = 0.5772156649... |
x! | - | fractional | 5!=5\;x\;4\;x\;3\;x\;2\;x\;1=120 |
\int | int | integral, adding slices to find the whole | \int 2x \; dx |
\sum | sum | sigma, summation or sum of all | \sum_{n=4}^8 n = 4+5+6+7+8=30 |
\exists | exists | there exists | |
\nexists | nexists | there does not exists | |
\forall | forall | for all | |
\infty | infty | infinity | |
\propto | propto | porportional to | \frac{1}{4} \propto \frac{2}{8} |
i | - | imaginary number | i=\sqrt{-1} |