Math Miscellany
\cdots
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Produces a horizontal ellipsis where the dots are raised to the centre
of the line.
eg.
\ddots
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Produces a diagonal ellipsis.
eg.
\frac{num}{den}
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Produces the fraction
num divided by den.
eg.
\ldots
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Produces an ellipsis. This command works in
any mode, not just math mode.
eg.
\overbrace{text}
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Generates a brace over text.
eg.
\overline{text}
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Causes the argument text to be overlined.
eg.
\sqrt[root]{arg}
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Produces the square root of its argument. The
optional argument,
root, determines what root to produce, i.e.,
the cube root of x+y would be typed as $\sqrt[3]{x+y}$.
eg.
\underbrace{text}
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Generates text with a brace underneath.
eg.
\underline{text}
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Causes the argument text to be underlined.
This command can also be used in paragraph and LR modes.
eg.
\vdots
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Produces a vertical ellipsis.
eg.
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