Main mathematical constructs

The main mathematical objects are created using the A- prefix as follows:

Shortcut Purpose Example
A-$ Text L = {x|x is sufficiently large}
A-f Fractions
a
b + c
A-s Square roots sqrt (x + y)
A-S n-th Roots sqrt3 (x3 + y3)
A-n Negations not(
a
b + c
)

Table 1. Creation of major mathematical markup.

Primes, subscripts and superscripts are created as follows:

Shortcut Purpose Example
' Primes f' or (g + h)'''
‘ Back-primes `f
_ Subscripts xn or xi3
^ Superscripts x2, x
2
n
or ⅇⅇx
A-l _ Left subscripts 2x
A-l ^ Left superscripts πx or ∗∗He
∗
∗

Table 2. Creation of primes, subscripts and superscripts

Some important mathematical constructs are actually tabular constructs and are documented separately.

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