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Re: Derivatives in math mode


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  • From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
  • To: <address@hidden>
  • Subject: Re: Derivatives in math mode
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 10:41:13 +0200 (CEST)


On Thu, 22 May 2003, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 22. Mai 2003 18:37, Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> > You may type "d space y" for "d applied to y". In fact, you rather
> > *should* type "d tab tab space y". Indeed, the upright "d" stands for
> > the differentiation operator. This is good practice, since it helps
> > the reader (and automatized readers) to distinguish between the letter
> > "d" and the differentiation operator. In a similar vein, you may try
> > "e tab tab", "i tab tab" and "p tab tab".
>
> Now, as you mention it: is there a way to produce other single non-italic
> letters? For Feynman-path-integration, e.g., one uses "D" like the "d"
> operator in normal integrals, therefore it should be non-italic as well.

No, but I added it for the next version ("D tab tab").




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