Standard mathematical markup

Standard mathematical markup is defined in std-math.

<binom|among|nr>

For binomial coefficients, like (

n
m
).

<choose|among|nr>

Alternative name for binom, but depreciated.

<shrink-inline|among|nr>

A macro which switches to scriptsize text when you are not in display style. This macro is mainly used by developers. For instance, the binom macro uses it.

The following are standard mathematical tabular environments:

<matrix|table>

For matrices M = (

1 2
3 4
).

<det|table>

For determinants Δ = |

1 2
3 4
|.

<choice|table>

For choice lists | x | = {

−x, if x⩽0
x, if x⩾0
..

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