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Miscellaneous Symbols

Miscellaneous Symbols

  • This is a list of the most common miscellaneous symbols.
Symbol  Symbol  DefinitionExample
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}

 

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