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Writing math formulas in HTML

Mathematical formulas can be written in HTML without installing special fonts, MathML, or inserting images. This article shows how this can be done.

A list useful special characters
Symbol Entity Description
¬ ¬ not sign
¯ ¯ macron, overline
° ° degree sign
± ± plus-minus sign
µ µ micro sign
· · middle dot, centered period
× × multiplication sign
÷ ÷ division sign
ƒ ƒ f with hook, script f
- monospaced hyphen
− minus sign
– en dash
— em dash
† dagger
‡ double dagger
• bullet
… ellipsis
′ prime, minute
″ double prime, second
⁄ fraction slash
Ω ohm sign
← leftwards arrow
↑ upwards arrow
→ rightwards arrow
↓ downwards arrow
↔ left right arrow
↕ up down arrow
∂ partial differential
∆ increment, difference
∏ product
∑ summation, sum
√ square root, radical
∞ infinity
∩ intersection
∫ integral
⌠ top half integral
⌡ bottom half integral
≈ almost equal to, approximately equal to
≠ not equal to
≡ identical to
≤ less than or equal to
≥ greater than or equal to


(a2 + b2)

lim an
n→∞


an
n = 0




n = 0
an 

{ sum from n = 0 to infinity } a_n


∆u  =  Δu  =  n



i = 1

2u/∂xi2

Laplacian of u = Delta u = { sum from i = 1 to n } d^2u / dx_i^2






n = 0
an 

{ product from n = 0 to infinity } a_n


  b



a  
f(x) dx

{ integral from a to b } f(x) dx


 +∞



−∞ 
exp(−x2) dx   =  √π

{ integral from -infinity to +infinity } exp(-x^2) dx = square root of pi