This topic has 28 commands from the physics and base packages. Commands show whether MathJax, KaTeX, and XeTeX render them. Entries are ordered by how often they appear in corpus formulas.
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- 28 commands
- Most used
- \Re 0.15%
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- MathJax 27/28 · KaTeX 2/28 · XeTeX 27/28
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| Name | Definition | Packages | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\Re | Used in complex analysis to denote the real part operator, optionally applied to an expression in braces | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: Full | XeTeX: Full | 0.15% |
\Im | Used in complex analysis to denote the imaginary part operator, optionally applied to an expression in braces | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: Full | XeTeX: Full | 0.09% |
\abs | Used for absolute values in the physics package, with a required brace-delimited expression and optional starred plain fences. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\absolutevalue | Used as the long-form absolute-value command in the physics package, taking a required brace-delimited expression. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\acomm | Used to typeset anticommutators such as {A,B} in quantum mechanics, field theory, and graded algebra. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\anticommutator | Used to typeset anticommutators such as {A,B} in quantum mechanics, field theory, and graded algebra. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\bqty | Used to surround a required expression with square brackets in the physics package, optionally with plain starred fences or explicit sizing prefixes. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\Bqty | Used to surround a required expression with literal braces in the physics package, optionally starred or with explicit sizing prefixes. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\comm | Used to typeset operator commutators such as [A,B] in quantum mechanics and algebra. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\commutator | Used in quantum mechanics and algebra to denote the commutator [A,B] = AB - BA of two operators or elements | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\eval | Marks evaluation of an expression at bounds, especially in calculus or physics notation such as applying |_a^b to an antiderivative or intermediate result. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\evaluated | Marks evaluation of an expression at bounds, especially in calculus or physics notation such as applying |_a^b to an antiderivative or intermediate result. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\grad | Used to denote the gradient operator, either before a following expression or with an immediately following (), [], or braced application. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\gradient | Used to denote the gradient operator, either before a following expression or with an immediately following (), [], or braced application. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\laplacian | Used for the Laplacian operator on a field, either before a following expression or with an immediately following (), [], or braced application. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\norm | Used for norm notation with double bars around a required brace-delimited expression, optionally starred for plain non-stretchy fences. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\of | No description yet | base | MathJax: None | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: None | — |
\order | Used for Big-O notation in asymptotic estimates, such as wrapping the growth term inside parentheses. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\pb | Shorthand for \\poissonbracket, used in classical mechanics to denote the Poisson bracket {f,g} | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\poissonbracket | Used in classical mechanics and symplectic geometry to denote the Poisson bracket {f,g} of two functions | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\pqty | Used to parenthesize a required expression in physics-package notation, with optional starred plain fences or sized-fence prefixes. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\principalvalue | Used in complex analysis and distribution theory to denote the Cauchy principal value | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\pv | Used in complex analysis and distribution theory to denote the Cauchy principal value (short form) | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\PV | Used in complex analysis and distribution theory to denote the principal value (alternative notation) | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\qty | Used as the short physics-package form of \quantity for automatic bracing around the following paired-delimiter expression. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\quantity | Used in physics-style notation to wrap an expression in automatically chosen fences, e.g. parentheses, brackets, braces, or absolute-value bars, with an empty default when no recognized delimiter follows. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\Res | Used for residue operators in complex analysis, either before a following expression or with immediately following (), [], or braced application. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |
\vqty | Used to surround a required expression with vertical bars, often for absolute-value-style notation in the physics package. | physics | MathJax: Full | KaTeX: None | XeTeX: Full | — |