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Mathematical Typesetting
  • Functions
    • Bold
    • CirclePlus
    • Column
    • DisableFormatting
    • Framed
    • Grid
    • Highlighted
    • HoldCompleteForm
    • HoldForm
    • Inactivate
    • InputForm
    • Invisible
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    • Large
    • LeftRightArrow
    • LineIndent
    • MatrixForm
    • NumberForm
    • OverBar
    • PaddedForm
    • Red
    • Row
    • ScriptSizeMultipliers
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    • Speak
    • SpokenString
    • StandardForm
    • Style
    • Subscript
    • Text
    • Tooltip
    • TraditionalForm
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      • Bold
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      • Grid
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      • InputForm
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GUIDE
  • Functions
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    • CirclePlus
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    • DisableFormatting
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    • Highlighted
    • HoldCompleteForm
    • HoldForm
    • Inactivate
    • InputForm
    • Invisible
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    • LeftRightArrow
    • LineIndent
    • MatrixForm
    • NumberForm
    • OverBar
    • PaddedForm
    • Red
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    • TraditionalForm
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      • HoldCompleteForm
      • HoldForm
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      • InputForm
      • Invisible
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      • LeftRightArrow
      • LineIndent
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      • OverBar
      • PaddedForm
      • Red
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Mathematical Typesetting

Developed at Wolfram Research over nearly 20 years, the Wolfram Language has by far the world's most sophisticated and convenient mathematical typesetting technology. Generalizing the concept of a computer language to allow 2D input, the Wolfram Language allows both interactive and programmatic entry of arbitrarily complex typeset expressions, with publication-quality layout continuously maintained in real time.

StandardForm — Wolfram Language unambiguous format ()

TraditionalForm — traditional textbook math notation ()

InputForm — linear input form ()

Palettes ▶ Other ▶ Basic Math Input — bring up a palette of common input notations

Palettes ▶ Special Characters — access all Wolfram Language special characters »

Keyboard Input »

 ( or )  ▪   ()  ▪  ()  ▪  ()  ▪  ...

— move out of a subexpression or script position

, — start, end an inline math cell in text, or text in math

Special Characters »

π (p)  ▪   (ii)  ▪  ∞ (inf)  ▪  ∫ (int)  ▪    (differential d)  (dd)  ▪  α (a)  ▪  ...

Symbolic Notational Forms »

Subscript()  ▪  OverBar()  ▪  CirclePlus(⊕)  ▪  LeftRightArrow(↔)  ▪  ...

Table & Layout Constructs »

MatrixForm  ▪  Grid  ▪  Column  ▪  Row  ▪  Framed  ▪  Highlighted  ▪  Labeled  ▪  Tooltip  ▪  ...

Number Formatting »

NumberForm  ▪  PaddedForm  ▪  ...

General Styling »

Text — text within math

Style  ▪  Bold  ▪  Italic  ▪  Large  ▪  Small  ▪  Red  ▪  ...

HoldForm, HoldCompleteForm — display expressions without evaluating them

Inactivate — inactivate operations throughout an expression and display them in gray

DisableFormatting — prevent the formatting of held expressions

Options & Tweaking »

ScriptSizeMultipliers  ▪  LineIndent  ▪  Invisible  ▪  ...

Speak, SpokenString — generate spoken representations of mathematical expressions

Related Tech Notes

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  • Forms of Input and Output
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  • ▪
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  • ▪
  • Notebooks as Documents

Related Workflow Guides

    ▪
  • Formatting Output
  • ▪
  • Creating Documents & Presentations
  • ▪
  • Entering & Editing Math

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  • Importing & Exporting Typeset Formats
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