Command List

\usepackage{amsmath}

Add this command to the preamble to ensure that the necessary math symbols are available.

\textbf{} makes text in the curly braces bold.

\textit{} makes text in the curly braces italic.

\underline{} makes text in the curly braces underlined.

\( \) begin and end inline math mode.

\[ \] begin and end display math mode.

\( \displaystyle \) puts inline math in display style.

± (plus or minus): \pm

· (multiplication): \cdot

÷ (division): \div

≠ (not equal): \neq

≈ (approximately equal): \approx

≤ (less than or equal): \leq

≥ (greater than or equal): \geq

∞ (infinity): \infty

Greek letters: \lettername for lower case, \Lettername for upper case, e.g. \pi for π, \Pi for Π

Fraction a/b: \frac{a}{b}

Exponential a to the b: a^{b}

Square root of x: \sqrt{x}

nth root of x: \sqrt[n]{x}

Logarithm base b of x: \log_{b}(x)

Natural logarithm of x: \ln(x)

Trigonometric functions: \sin(x), \cos(x), \tan(x), \sec(x), \csc(x), \cot(x)

Limit of f(x) as x approaches a: \lim_{x \to a}f(x)

One-sided limits: \lim_{x \to a^+} f(x) and \lim_{x \to a^-} f(x)

Sum of f(k) as k goes from m to n: \sum_{k=m}^{n}f(k)

First derivative and nth derivative of f(x): f’(x) and f^{(n)}(x)

First derivative and nth derivative of f: \frac{df}{dx} and \frac{d^{n}f}{dx^{n}}

Integral of f(x) from a to b: \int_{a}^{b} f(x) \ dx

Place \left and \right immediately before the corresponding fences to resize them to their contents.