A few tips useful for posts in this section:

Greek Symbols

To display a Greek symbol, type &symbol name;
For example
α displays α

For the capital version, start the symbol name with a capital letter.
For example
Ω displays Ω


Subscripts and Superscripts

To display a superscript, enclose the text to be superscripted between ^and
For example
E=mc² displays E=mc²

Subscripts are similar, except that the tags _and are used.
For example
H₂O displays H₂O


Preformatted Text

Sometimes (such as when typing equations) it is useful to have your spacing maintained, but html will normally decrease multiple spaces to a single space. To preserve your own spacing, enclose the text between <pre> and </pre>

Some additional useful symbols:

&plusmn; → ±
&middot; → ·
&fnof; → ƒ
&larr; → ←
&uarr; → ↑
&rarr; → →
&darr; → ↓
&harr; → ↔
&part; → ∂
&prod; → ∏
&sum; → ∑
&radic; → √
&infin; → ∞
&cap; → ∩
&int; → ∫
&asymp; → ≈
&ne; → ≠
&equiv; → ≡
&le; → ≤
&ge; → ≥


Most, if not all, of these symbols can also be accessed on a windows computer by cutting and pasting from "character map."