R help - Aug 2001 - Math symbols in email - not completely OT

What is the generally accepted way to put certain math symbols into plain 
text email?

For example, how does one convey the "is exactly equal to", "is 
approximately equal to", and "delta" symbols in a standard
text-based (e.g.
Courier) font?




Dr. Marc R. Feldesman
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I prefer (La)TeX keywords/commands, probably without the $ sign,
like \equiv, \delta, etc... in mails/conferences dealing with
math, stat, TeX, and GNU/Linux.

Jan

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Subject: [R] Math symbols in email - not completely OT

What is the generally accepted way to put certain math symbols into plain
text email?

For example, how does one convey the "is exactly equal to", "is
approximately equal to", and "delta" symbols in a standard
text-based (e.g.
Courier) font?




Dr. Marc R. Feldesman
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Marc R. Feldesman wrote:
> What is the generally accepted way to put certain math symbols into plain
> text email?
>
> For example, how does one convey the "is exactly equal to",
"is
> approximately equal to", and "delta" symbols in a standard
text-based (e.g.
> Courier) font?
>
I tend to use TeX symbols, so \approx and \delta.  The sci.math.
newsgroups seem to avoid the \ and so would write delta and either approx
or something like ~=.


	-thomas


Thomas Lumley			Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle

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