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Blackboard bold variants for Greek letters
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It is common (or it used to be) to use a blackboard-bold variant of mu
to denote roots of unity in some mathematical papers. However, despite searching (several times, periodically over several years) I have never been able to locate any package or technique that makes this possible, other than using Metafont or possibly hunting through the font definitions to see if it is something I can create a variant of (along the lines of the suggestions in Section 8 of the Comprehensive LaTeX symbol list).
Thus far, I haven't been sufficiently motivated to learn how to do any of this (although it probably would have resulted in a net time savings), and I feel like I cannot be the only person who would have tried. Is anyone aware of an existing way to produce this character?
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It is common (or it used to be) to use a blackboard-bold variant of mu
to denote roots of unity in some mathematical papers. However, despite searching (several times, periodically over several years) I have never been able to locate any package or technique that makes this possible, other than using Metafont or possibly hunting through the font definitions to see if it is something I can create a variant of (along the lines of the suggestions in Section 8 of the Comprehensive LaTeX symbol list).
Thus far, I haven't been sufficiently motivated to learn how to do any of this (although it probably would have resulted in a net time savings), and I feel like I cannot be the only person who would have tried. Is anyone aware of an existing way to produce this character?
fonts symbols greek blackboard
2
Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
5
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
1
@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13
|
show 1 more comment
It is common (or it used to be) to use a blackboard-bold variant of mu
to denote roots of unity in some mathematical papers. However, despite searching (several times, periodically over several years) I have never been able to locate any package or technique that makes this possible, other than using Metafont or possibly hunting through the font definitions to see if it is something I can create a variant of (along the lines of the suggestions in Section 8 of the Comprehensive LaTeX symbol list).
Thus far, I haven't been sufficiently motivated to learn how to do any of this (although it probably would have resulted in a net time savings), and I feel like I cannot be the only person who would have tried. Is anyone aware of an existing way to produce this character?
fonts symbols greek blackboard
It is common (or it used to be) to use a blackboard-bold variant of mu
to denote roots of unity in some mathematical papers. However, despite searching (several times, periodically over several years) I have never been able to locate any package or technique that makes this possible, other than using Metafont or possibly hunting through the font definitions to see if it is something I can create a variant of (along the lines of the suggestions in Section 8 of the Comprehensive LaTeX symbol list).
Thus far, I haven't been sufficiently motivated to learn how to do any of this (although it probably would have resulted in a net time savings), and I feel like I cannot be the only person who would have tried. Is anyone aware of an existing way to produce this character?
fonts symbols greek blackboard
fonts symbols greek blackboard
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asked Sep 25 '10 at 13:36
Tyler LawsonTyler Lawson
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Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
5
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
1
@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13
|
show 1 more comment
2
Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
5
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
1
@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13
2
2
Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
5
5
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
1
1
@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13
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The mbboard package provides blackboard bold Greek letters, and the letter you want is bbmu
. However, I don't know if you like how the symbol looks. (I don't like it, actually.)
The mathbbol package with the bbgreekl option also provides (a possibly nicer version of) bbmu
: Use usepackage[bbgreekl]{mathbbol}
in the preamble. The disadvantage is that the package also redefines mathbb
; see this post for possiblities to avoid this.
Note that lowercase epsilon is typeset with bbespilon (sic).
Edit: I just realised that the mbboard package redefines mathbb
, too. If you don't like this, then an easy solution is to load the amssymb package after the mbboard package. This gives you the "usual" blackboard bold letters, and you can still use bbmu
and friends.
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
add a comment |
Another font set that can provide this is MathTime Professional II fonts (mtpro2) from PCTeX. The web site mentions some journals that use these fonts.
The fonts are non-free and, to achieve what is wanted here are, chargeable (the non-free but no-cost 'lite' version does not include the 'blackboard bold italic' and 'holey bold italic' fonts which the two samples below use, using a simple redefinition of mathbb). The outputs are just .pngs of screenprints so don't use these to judge the resolution of the original fonts.
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$ % assuming 'Mu' = 'M'
end{document}
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$
end{document}
add a comment |
I also spent a lot of time on the issue and found nothing satisfactory. So I made up my own blackboard bold mu and alpha:
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amssymb}
newcommand{Balpha}{mbox{$hspace{0.12em}shortmidhspace{-0.62em}alpha$}}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{Bmu}{mbox{$raisebox{-0.59ex}
{$l$}hspace{-0.18em}muhspace{-0.88em}raisebox{-0.98ex}{scalebox{2}
{$color{white}.$}}hspace{-0.416em}raisebox{+0.88ex}
{$color{white}.$}hspace{0.46em}$}{}}
begin{document}
$BalphaquadBmu$
end{document}
This produces
(source: uni-muenster.de)
+1 from new, in particular for theBmu
. You could improve theBalpha
by using arule
instead of theshortmid
.
– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
add a comment |
Just for kicks, you could kludge together your own version which is similar to the symbol in the book you linked in the comments
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{dmu}{$mu$hspace{-3.2pt}$mu$hspace{-5.7pt}raisebox{-3.06pt}{scalebox{1.6}{$color{white}cdot$}}}
begin{document}
dmu
end{document}
Which produces,
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
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The mbboard package provides blackboard bold Greek letters, and the letter you want is bbmu
. However, I don't know if you like how the symbol looks. (I don't like it, actually.)
The mathbbol package with the bbgreekl option also provides (a possibly nicer version of) bbmu
: Use usepackage[bbgreekl]{mathbbol}
in the preamble. The disadvantage is that the package also redefines mathbb
; see this post for possiblities to avoid this.
Note that lowercase epsilon is typeset with bbespilon (sic).
Edit: I just realised that the mbboard package redefines mathbb
, too. If you don't like this, then an easy solution is to load the amssymb package after the mbboard package. This gives you the "usual" blackboard bold letters, and you can still use bbmu
and friends.
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
add a comment |
The mbboard package provides blackboard bold Greek letters, and the letter you want is bbmu
. However, I don't know if you like how the symbol looks. (I don't like it, actually.)
The mathbbol package with the bbgreekl option also provides (a possibly nicer version of) bbmu
: Use usepackage[bbgreekl]{mathbbol}
in the preamble. The disadvantage is that the package also redefines mathbb
; see this post for possiblities to avoid this.
Note that lowercase epsilon is typeset with bbespilon (sic).
Edit: I just realised that the mbboard package redefines mathbb
, too. If you don't like this, then an easy solution is to load the amssymb package after the mbboard package. This gives you the "usual" blackboard bold letters, and you can still use bbmu
and friends.
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
add a comment |
The mbboard package provides blackboard bold Greek letters, and the letter you want is bbmu
. However, I don't know if you like how the symbol looks. (I don't like it, actually.)
The mathbbol package with the bbgreekl option also provides (a possibly nicer version of) bbmu
: Use usepackage[bbgreekl]{mathbbol}
in the preamble. The disadvantage is that the package also redefines mathbb
; see this post for possiblities to avoid this.
Note that lowercase epsilon is typeset with bbespilon (sic).
Edit: I just realised that the mbboard package redefines mathbb
, too. If you don't like this, then an easy solution is to load the amssymb package after the mbboard package. This gives you the "usual" blackboard bold letters, and you can still use bbmu
and friends.
The mbboard package provides blackboard bold Greek letters, and the letter you want is bbmu
. However, I don't know if you like how the symbol looks. (I don't like it, actually.)
The mathbbol package with the bbgreekl option also provides (a possibly nicer version of) bbmu
: Use usepackage[bbgreekl]{mathbbol}
in the preamble. The disadvantage is that the package also redefines mathbb
; see this post for possiblities to avoid this.
Note that lowercase epsilon is typeset with bbespilon (sic).
Edit: I just realised that the mbboard package redefines mathbb
, too. If you don't like this, then an easy solution is to load the amssymb package after the mbboard package. This gives you the "usual" blackboard bold letters, and you can still use bbmu
and friends.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
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answered Sep 25 '10 at 14:41
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Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
add a comment |
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
Thanks for this. I looked at both options, and they do provide the functionality advertised. (I actually prefer the version provided by the mbboard package, as the mathbbol version is quite blocky along its edge.) Perhaps a version closer to the standard tex mu symbol would be ideal, but these are certainly workable.
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 26 '10 at 14:46
add a comment |
Another font set that can provide this is MathTime Professional II fonts (mtpro2) from PCTeX. The web site mentions some journals that use these fonts.
The fonts are non-free and, to achieve what is wanted here are, chargeable (the non-free but no-cost 'lite' version does not include the 'blackboard bold italic' and 'holey bold italic' fonts which the two samples below use, using a simple redefinition of mathbb). The outputs are just .pngs of screenprints so don't use these to judge the resolution of the original fonts.
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$ % assuming 'Mu' = 'M'
end{document}
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$
end{document}
add a comment |
Another font set that can provide this is MathTime Professional II fonts (mtpro2) from PCTeX. The web site mentions some journals that use these fonts.
The fonts are non-free and, to achieve what is wanted here are, chargeable (the non-free but no-cost 'lite' version does not include the 'blackboard bold italic' and 'holey bold italic' fonts which the two samples below use, using a simple redefinition of mathbb). The outputs are just .pngs of screenprints so don't use these to judge the resolution of the original fonts.
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$ % assuming 'Mu' = 'M'
end{document}
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$
end{document}
add a comment |
Another font set that can provide this is MathTime Professional II fonts (mtpro2) from PCTeX. The web site mentions some journals that use these fonts.
The fonts are non-free and, to achieve what is wanted here are, chargeable (the non-free but no-cost 'lite' version does not include the 'blackboard bold italic' and 'holey bold italic' fonts which the two samples below use, using a simple redefinition of mathbb). The outputs are just .pngs of screenprints so don't use these to judge the resolution of the original fonts.
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$ % assuming 'Mu' = 'M'
end{document}
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$
end{document}
Another font set that can provide this is MathTime Professional II fonts (mtpro2) from PCTeX. The web site mentions some journals that use these fonts.
The fonts are non-free and, to achieve what is wanted here are, chargeable (the non-free but no-cost 'lite' version does not include the 'blackboard bold italic' and 'holey bold italic' fonts which the two samples below use, using a simple redefinition of mathbb). The outputs are just .pngs of screenprints so don't use these to judge the resolution of the original fonts.
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$ % assuming 'Mu' = 'M'
end{document}
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage[mtpbbi]{mtpro2}
begin{document}
$mathbb{mu} , mathbb{M}$
end{document}
answered Aug 27 '11 at 19:32
masmas
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I also spent a lot of time on the issue and found nothing satisfactory. So I made up my own blackboard bold mu and alpha:
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amssymb}
newcommand{Balpha}{mbox{$hspace{0.12em}shortmidhspace{-0.62em}alpha$}}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{Bmu}{mbox{$raisebox{-0.59ex}
{$l$}hspace{-0.18em}muhspace{-0.88em}raisebox{-0.98ex}{scalebox{2}
{$color{white}.$}}hspace{-0.416em}raisebox{+0.88ex}
{$color{white}.$}hspace{0.46em}$}{}}
begin{document}
$BalphaquadBmu$
end{document}
This produces
(source: uni-muenster.de)
+1 from new, in particular for theBmu
. You could improve theBalpha
by using arule
instead of theshortmid
.
– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
add a comment |
I also spent a lot of time on the issue and found nothing satisfactory. So I made up my own blackboard bold mu and alpha:
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amssymb}
newcommand{Balpha}{mbox{$hspace{0.12em}shortmidhspace{-0.62em}alpha$}}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{Bmu}{mbox{$raisebox{-0.59ex}
{$l$}hspace{-0.18em}muhspace{-0.88em}raisebox{-0.98ex}{scalebox{2}
{$color{white}.$}}hspace{-0.416em}raisebox{+0.88ex}
{$color{white}.$}hspace{0.46em}$}{}}
begin{document}
$BalphaquadBmu$
end{document}
This produces
(source: uni-muenster.de)
+1 from new, in particular for theBmu
. You could improve theBalpha
by using arule
instead of theshortmid
.
– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
add a comment |
I also spent a lot of time on the issue and found nothing satisfactory. So I made up my own blackboard bold mu and alpha:
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amssymb}
newcommand{Balpha}{mbox{$hspace{0.12em}shortmidhspace{-0.62em}alpha$}}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{Bmu}{mbox{$raisebox{-0.59ex}
{$l$}hspace{-0.18em}muhspace{-0.88em}raisebox{-0.98ex}{scalebox{2}
{$color{white}.$}}hspace{-0.416em}raisebox{+0.88ex}
{$color{white}.$}hspace{0.46em}$}{}}
begin{document}
$BalphaquadBmu$
end{document}
This produces
(source: uni-muenster.de)
I also spent a lot of time on the issue and found nothing satisfactory. So I made up my own blackboard bold mu and alpha:
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amssymb}
newcommand{Balpha}{mbox{$hspace{0.12em}shortmidhspace{-0.62em}alpha$}}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{Bmu}{mbox{$raisebox{-0.59ex}
{$l$}hspace{-0.18em}muhspace{-0.88em}raisebox{-0.98ex}{scalebox{2}
{$color{white}.$}}hspace{-0.416em}raisebox{+0.88ex}
{$color{white}.$}hspace{0.46em}$}{}}
begin{document}
$BalphaquadBmu$
end{document}
This produces
(source: uni-muenster.de)
edited 10 hours ago
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answered May 23 '13 at 19:31
Urs HartlUrs Hartl
7111
7111
+1 from new, in particular for theBmu
. You could improve theBalpha
by using arule
instead of theshortmid
.
– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
add a comment |
+1 from new, in particular for theBmu
. You could improve theBalpha
by using arule
instead of theshortmid
.
– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
+1 from new, in particular for the
Bmu
. You could improve the Balpha
by using a rule
instead of the shortmid
.– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
+1 from new, in particular for the
Bmu
. You could improve the Balpha
by using a rule
instead of the shortmid
.– Hendrik Vogt
May 24 '13 at 6:58
add a comment |
Just for kicks, you could kludge together your own version which is similar to the symbol in the book you linked in the comments
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{dmu}{$mu$hspace{-3.2pt}$mu$hspace{-5.7pt}raisebox{-3.06pt}{scalebox{1.6}{$color{white}cdot$}}}
begin{document}
dmu
end{document}
Which produces,
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
add a comment |
Just for kicks, you could kludge together your own version which is similar to the symbol in the book you linked in the comments
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{dmu}{$mu$hspace{-3.2pt}$mu$hspace{-5.7pt}raisebox{-3.06pt}{scalebox{1.6}{$color{white}cdot$}}}
begin{document}
dmu
end{document}
Which produces,
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
add a comment |
Just for kicks, you could kludge together your own version which is similar to the symbol in the book you linked in the comments
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{dmu}{$mu$hspace{-3.2pt}$mu$hspace{-5.7pt}raisebox{-3.06pt}{scalebox{1.6}{$color{white}cdot$}}}
begin{document}
dmu
end{document}
Which produces,
Just for kicks, you could kludge together your own version which is similar to the symbol in the book you linked in the comments
documentclass{minimal}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{graphicx}
newcommand{dmu}{$mu$hspace{-3.2pt}$mu$hspace{-5.7pt}raisebox{-3.06pt}{scalebox{1.6}{$color{white}cdot$}}}
begin{document}
dmu
end{document}
Which produces,
answered Jun 4 '12 at 7:25
Scott H.Scott H.
8,21722463
8,21722463
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
add a comment |
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
This is probably the easiest solution. I badly needed a blackboard tau, so I came up with newcommand{bbtau}{tau mspace{-7.5mu} tau mspace{-8.7mu} rule{0.25ex}{.5pt} mspace{8mu} mspace{-12.7mu}raisebox{0.68ex}{rule{0.3ex}{.3pt}} mspace{9.12mu}}
– Emilio Ferrucci
Jul 12 '17 at 13:30
add a comment |
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Unicode contains only four double-struck Greek letters: ℽℼℾℿ (γπΓΠ), and since the Unicode repertoire is quite comprehensive (and much larger than the Comprehensive Symbols List), I'd conjecture that this character is very uncommon. Could you give an example where this character is used?
– Philipp
Sep 25 '10 at 14:54
So far as I know, the only users of this symbol are probably certain specific typies of mathematician, so I would agree that it is very uncommon. It appears on this page in J. S. Milne's "Etale cohomology": books.google.com/…
– Tyler Lawson
Sep 25 '10 at 22:51
5
Barbara Beeton at the Ams is still collecting math symbols that are not in Unicode yet, so could you send her this question as well along with the example? (bnb at ams dot org)
– Taco Hoekwater
Sep 26 '10 at 7:25
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@Taco: I agree. AFAIK the Unicode consortium holds the position that every character that is in use should be encoded. If someone can prove that mathematicians do use the character in question, there is a high chance that it will be added to the Unicode repertoire.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:09
@coarsemodule: Thanks for the example. The character in question looks more like a superposition of two µ's than a double-struck µ—compare the ℤ directly in front.
– Philipp
Sep 26 '10 at 11:13