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Revision as of 22:31, 23 April 2011

The Mathcal template is intended to simulate a calligraphic font for use in mathematical formulas using standard HTML. Use this template as an alternative to \mathcal{...} in LaTeX markup (see Help:Displaying a formula).

Usage

Use this template to wrap an inline formula in wikitext. Examples:

{{mathcal|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}}
produces: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

Use of equals-sign

The template is meant to be used with alphabetic text, typically one or a few letters. If the body contains an exposed equals-sign ("=") is used, it will fail to renderFor example, the following template-coding would be invalid:

{{mathcal|P=NP}}
which results in .

There are two ways to resolve this.

Method 1: Start the body with "1=" as in:

{{mathcal|1=P=NP}}
which produces: P=NP.

Method 2: Enclose the equals-sign in double-braces "{{=}}", as in:

{{mathcal|P{{=}}NP}}
which produces: P=NP.