tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers) Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:59:06 -0800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.9 & Feed Publisher federico poloni comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21895) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21895#Comment_21895 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21895#Comment_21895 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:38:19 -0700 federico poloni @Dmitri Pavlov: I see your point; let me replace my statement with this one, which should be correct and informative: \Bbb is deprecated in LaTeX (where it is provided by the package amsfonts).

I used that wording because, at least in my professional circle, "TeX" is used nowadays as a generic term to denote "TeX with one of its commonly used macro packages, typically LaTeX". I am aware that it is not accurate, but it's the common use. It's a bit like "sellotape", "xerox" or "Linux".

]]> Dmitri Pavlov comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21894) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21894#Comment_21894 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21894#Comment_21894 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:23:42 -0700 Dmitri Pavlov @frederico poloni: \Bbb is not deprecated in Plain TeX or AMS TeX. In fact, in these packages \Bbb is the only way to access the font under discussion.

Also, you seem to be confusing TeX (a program written by Knuth) and Plain TeX (a macro package for TeX, just like AMS TeX and LaTeX).

]]> federico poloni comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21892) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21892#Comment_21892 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21892#Comment_21892 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:14:53 -0700 federico poloni \Bbb is deprecated even in TeX. Please do not use it.

]]> Emil J comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21827) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21827#Comment_21827 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21827#Comment_21827 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:19:19 -0700 Emil J geraldedgar comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21800) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21800#Comment_21800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21800#Comment_21800 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:06:23 -0700 geraldedgar Perhaps "mathds" is available only if you first load a certain package into LaTeX. Since "mathbb" is available in Mathjax (used here by default), that is what I use here.

]]> Angelo comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21795) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21795#Comment_21795 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21795#Comment_21795 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:37:39 -0700 Angelo Xet comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21793) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21793#Comment_21793 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21793#Comment_21793 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:23:52 -0700 Xet Scott Carnahan comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21791) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21791#Comment_21791 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21791#Comment_21791 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:14:59 -0700 Scott Carnahan I find it interesting what people think is "usual" with respect to TeX, and I am frequently surprised when I try to fix the TeX on MathOverflow questions that display poorly. As it happens, I've almost never seen mathds used.

In addition to mathbb, many use mathbf (boldface). I've even heard purists claim that blackboard bold should be reserved for blackboards.

If you want to emulate some of the old Springer lecture notes, you can superimpose two Cs or mush a C and an I together using negative spaces.

]]> ykallus comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21790) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21790#Comment_21790 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21790#Comment_21790 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:50:14 -0700 ykallus janoserdmann comments on "The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers" (21789) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21789#Comment_21789 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1572/the-tex-symbol-for-the-realcomplex-numbers/?Focus=21789#Comment_21789 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:47:31 -0700 janoserdmann