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Special Symbols in LaTeXThe LaTeX language has a wide variety of special symbols for which markup commands have alreadybeen defined. These range from accents and greek letters to exotic mathematical operators.

These LaTeX's symbols are grouped together more or less according to function. Some of thesesymbols are primarily for use in text; most of them are mathematical symbols and can only be used inLaTeX's math mode. Most tables are excerpted from the LaTeX Command Summary (Botway &Biemesderfer 1989, Providence, RI: TeX Users Group) and reproduced here courtesy of the AAS.

Table 1: Special symbols for NOAOprop

When used within the affiliation field of the proposal form, the \`, \' and \= need to be specifiedas \a`, \a' and \a= since the affiliation is in a tabbing environment.

Table 2: Text­mode accents

Table 3: National symbols

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Table 4: Miscellaneous symbols

Table 5: Math­mode accents

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Table 6: Greek letters (math mode)

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Table 7: Binary operations (math mode)

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Table 8: Relations (math mode)

Table 9: Variable­sized symbols (math mode)

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Table 10: Delimiters (math mode)

Table 11: Function names (math mode)

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Table 12: Arrows (math mode)

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Table 13: Miscellaneous symbols (math mode)