I was just searching through the archives to see if there was already a post about this, but I couldn't find one, so I apologize if this is a repeated query.

My question is as follows: What kind of Mathematical symbols are available for use on this board, and how does one use them? Also, is there a way to display special characters like single and multiple integrals (with or without limits of integration), limits with a proper subscript (as opposed to lim (x->3) x = 3), and infinity, or are the available symbols limited to Greek letters?

check out <a href="http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/bits/chars.html">this page</a>. i use these all the time.

Ok, thanks, I guess I'll just use this thread to test them out then. Also, anyone else feel free to test out any Mathematical symbols here.

Symbol Testing:

Exclusive or:
p&oplus;q

Union:
A&cup;B

EDIT: Does anyone know if it is possible to make subscripts appear properly here? Or at least a convincing illusion of a one? If so, how?

Originally posted by Dapthar
Does anyone know if it is possible to make subscripts appear properly here? Or at least a convincing illusion of a one? If so, how?

use the html tags &lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt; and &lt;sup&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;

Warning: not all HTML entities are recognised by all browsers. In fact, many of the ones on the page linked by lethe don't show up on my browser (IE6).

RE: subscripts and superscripts:

H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O gives H₂O

x&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; gives x²