LaTeX Glossary


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If you are looking at this for the first time, please read the entries under 01 Getting Started for an overview. The list of entries may be viewed by categories or alphabetically.

01 Getting Started
| 02 Arithmetic expressions | 03 Font Styles | 04 Delimiters
05 Spaces
| 06 Symbols | 07 Relations | 09 Structures | 10 Feynman Diagrams
11 Other LaTeX Software
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P

Phi (upper case greek letter)

$$\Phi$$ gives \Phi

pi (lower case greek letter)

$$\pi$$ gives \pi

Pi (upper case greek letter)

$$\Pi$$ gives \Pi

plus minus

$$a\pm~b$$ gives a\pm~b

product

  • General syntax for symbols with a kind of lower and upper limits:

\symbolname_{lowerexpression}^{upperexpression}

  • In general, there are two ways how these lower and upper expressions can be placed: centered below and above the symbol or in a subscript / superscript manner. In the first case the symbol name is preceded by the word "big", in the second there is no prefix.
  • Syntax for product symbol:

$$\bigprod_{i=k}^{n}$$   gives  

\bigprod_{i=k}^{n}

and

$$\prod_{i=k}^{n}$$   gives 

\prod_{i=k}^{n}

  • Use font size commands for a nicer picture:

$$\LARGE\bigprod_{\tiny{i=k}}^{\tiny{n}}$$   gives  

\LARGE\bigprod_{\tiny{i=k}}^{\tiny{n}} 

and

$$\large\prod_{\small{i=k}}^{\small{n}}$$   gives 

\large\prod_{\small{i=k}}^{\small{n}}

psi (lower case greek letter)

$$\psi$$ gives \psi

Psi (upper case greek letter)

$$\Psi$$ gives \Psi

R

Resonant S-Channel

Resonant s-channel contribution from Drawing Feynman Diagrams with LaTeX and METAFONT. Part 1
\begin{fmffile}{schannel}
\begin{fmfgraph*}(100,160)
\fmfpen{thick}
\fmfleftn{i}{2}\fmfrightn{o}{4}
\fmflabel{$e_-$}{i1}\fmflabel{$e_+$}{i2}
\fmflabel{$\noexpand\bar c$}{o1}
\fmflabel{$\nu_{\mu}$}{o2}
\fmflabel{$\mu_+$}{o3}
\fmflabel{$s$}{o4}
\fmf{boson,label=$\gamma,,Z$}{v1,v2}
\fmf{fermion}{i1,v1,i2}
\fmf{fermion}{o1,v2,v3,o4}
\fmffreeze \fmf{boson}{v3,v4}\fmf{fermion}{o3,v4,o2}
\fmfdotn{v}{4}
\end{fmfgraph*}
\end{fmffile}
 \begin{fmffile}{schanneltwo} \begin{fmfgraph*}(100,60) \fmfpen{thick} \fmfleftn{i}{2}\fmfrightn{o}{4} \fmflabel{$e_-$}{i1}\fmflabel{$e_+$}{i2} \fmflabel{$\noexpand\bar c$}{o1} \fmflabel{$\nu_{\mu}$}{o2} \fmflabel{$\mu_+$}{o3} \fmflabel{$s$}{o4} \fmfpen{thick} \fmf{boson,label=$\gamma,,Z$}{v1,v2} \fmf{fermion}{i1,v1,i2} \fmf{fermion}{o1,v2,v3,o4} \fmffreeze \fmf{boson}{v3,v4}\fmf{fermion}{o3,v4,o2} \fmfdotn{v}{4} \end{fmfgraph*} \end{fmffile}

rho (lower case greek letter)

$$\rho$$ gives \rho

right only brace

  • Syntax: \left.{...\right}  (note the dot!)
  • Ex.: $$\left.{{\rm~term1\atop\rm~term2}\right}=y$$ gives

\left.{{\rm~term1\atop\rm~term2}\right}=y

(\rm~something switches to roman style)


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