tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (The Tex Symbol for the Real/Complex Numbers) 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & 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 2013-04-18T10:38:19-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 federico poloni http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/589/ @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 ... @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 2013-04-18T08:23:42-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 Dmitri Pavlov http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/90/ @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 ... @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 2013-04-18T07:14:53-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 federico poloni http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/589/ \Bbb is deprecated even in TeX. Please do not use it. \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 2013-04-08T04:19:19-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 Emil J http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/514/ @Gerald Edgar: Indeed, \mathds comes from package dsfont. 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 2013-04-06T10:06:23-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 geraldedgar http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/116/ 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. 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 2013-04-06T08:37:39-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 Angelo http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/483/ Does anyone really miss the look of the old, typewritten Springer lecture notes? 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 2013-04-06T08:23:52-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 Xet http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/918/ The shortest method might be \Bbb 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 2013-04-06T08:14:59-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 Scott Carnahan http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/73/ 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 ... 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 2013-04-06T07:50:14-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 ykallus http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/756/ I didn't know about mathds (presumably for "double stroke"?). I always use mathbb (for "blackboard bold"), which I believe works here. 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 2013-04-06T07:47:31-07:00 2018-11-04T12:59:06-08:00 janoserdmann http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/917/ How does one write in Tex for MathOverflow the symbols of the real numbers, and the complex numbers? Usually, one uses \mathds, but this doesn't seem to work.