Re: log-like symbols?
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- Subject: [mg124530] Re: log-like symbols?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:29:31 -0500 (EST)
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A simple(-minded?) explanation: try instead just creating a Text cell
This is a test
with _no_ in-line math there. Copy it as LaTeX and look at the result in
a text editor. You'll see that the text is inside a LaTeX \text{} function.
I presume the purpose is to protect the user from inadvertently pasting
what should really be text into a LaTeX math expression or display-math
environment and having it interpreted as a long product of symbols.
And I suppose the underlying reason for having that protection was the
expectation that users would ordinarily just be copying into LaTeX math.
On 1/21/12 5:16 AM, Alan wrote:
> In answer to Murray's question, some LaTeX symbols are called "log-like":
> http://omega.albany.edu:8008/Symbols.html
> This affects how they are typeset.
>
> Bill's answer gave me a good clue:
> if I am entering math in StandardForm,
> then such log-like symbols are recognized by Mathematica,
> although it does not display them differently.
> E.g., if I enter ln(x) in a math cell and then
> change to StandardForm I get Log[x] displayed.
>
> But now I am puzzled by the meaning of cell styles.
> Suppose I enter the following in a cell given a "Text" style:
>
> Test: ctrl-( ln(x) ctrl-)
>
> and then copy it as LaTeX. What I expect to get is
>
> Test: $\ln(x)$
>
> What I get instead is:
>
> \text{Test: }
>
> \ln (x)
>
> Why is Mathematica treating a "Text" cell as a math environment?
>
> Thanks,
> Alan Isaac
>
>
>
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