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Mathematical formulae

A MATH element is expected, to enable mathematical equations to be represented. It uses a syntax that draws heavily on the typesetting language: underscore is used for subscripting, caret sign for superscripting and braces are used to group arguments, for example:

  <MATH>f(x)=sum _ i = 1 _ ^ n ^ { 1 <OVER> 1 + x ^ i ^ } </MATH>  

represents the mathematical formula:

The element OVER is used here to generate fractions. Other elements and entities are used to represent other mathematical symbols. Arena currently does not support an exhaustive set of these.

Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
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