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hermione_brains

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Registered: 2010-05-18

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Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hello, I was googling vector formulas for my precal final exam tomorrow, because I lost the sheet our teacher gave us, and found this site. I'm amazed, I had no idea there was a forum just for math!

I'm a junior in high school (soon to be a senior O.o). This forum looks to be very useful in the coming months, since I will be in AP Calculus BC next year. I hope to get to know this site fully, and lots of people on it too  =B

Incidentally, what are the [math] tags for? I mean, what do they do? =P

ZHero

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Registered: 2008-06-08

Posts: 1,889

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi hermione_brains!

the [math tag helps you use LaTeX to format your equations for better display.

e.g.

will produce...

#WELCOME TO THE FORUM# 

Last edited by ZHero (2010-05-18 18:10:57)

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bumpkin

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Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi hermione_brains;

Welcome to the forum!

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

soha

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Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hello hermione_brains,

Welcome to Maths is fun Forum!!!
Hope you enjoy posting here!!

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi Hermione! Welcome.

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iLink-9000

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Registered: 2010-05-27

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Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hello!!!
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas....

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi iLink-9000;

I thought it was the other way around. Welcome to the forum.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

quittyqat

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Registered: 2009-04-08

Posts: 1,215

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi iLink-9000 and hermione_brains!

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hermione_brains

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Registered: 2010-05-18

Posts: 6

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Thanks ZHero! So, the forward slashes separate the different... terms, for lack of a better word, and the {}  brackets group them? frac is fractions... anything else? What if you wanted to use a subnumeral?

And I think it works either way, sometimes it's hard words for easy ideas but others it's easy words for hard ideas =DDD

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi hermione_brains;

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Hi hermione_brains;

Use shift key and then minus key, and wrap what you want subscripted in {}. So it is A_{23} would get.

You can just right click on anybody's latex to see the code that produced it.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

ZHero

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Registered: 2008-06-08

Posts: 1,889

Re: Wow... Hi! ^.^

Yes! The forward slashes "" can either be used to separate "terms", to introduce "single space" or to use "special symbols".

Like...

Here's a Brief Tutorial on LaTeX at http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=4397

Here's a List of some Symbols: LaTeX-Symbols

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