Maths Topic?

[palfreyman18]

I think this question has already been answered before, but can we please have a maths topic for all those that need help with dodgy maths homeworks,  with all the symbols + special fonts etc. ?

i believe this is the link for the question that's already been answered but i want to see if the new Ed agrees also

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Suggestions/Question89 421.html

[magicdice]

you could always try describing the symbols & hoping that someone'll make a valiant effort to work out what it is? or do things like "(a+bi) divided by (ai-b)" and such.

failing that, if ed'll let us change font to "symbol" that should cover most symbols...

[palfreyman18]

im on about greek symbols used in maths like pi, theta, thi etc.

[magicdice]

yeah symbol'd work for that, or you could just name them maybe?

are there really that many used, though? i know i'm only doing A-level but still, don't stumble across so many in one go such that it'd be a horrible mess if we just called them lambda theta alpha phi pi etc

[palfreyman18]

you're not the only one doing a-level maths. Im doing a-level maths aswell at the moment!

ive probably only used the same symbols as you

[magicdice]

should be alright then - it's only really constants that i reckon we'd need different fonts for, since anything'll do for a variable, so i guess it'd be more of an issue for physics...

PS, i hate P4!