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  2. Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols - Wikipedia

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    U+2113 ℓ SCRIPT SMALL L; "despite its character name, this symbol is derived from a special italicized version of the small letter l". [6] It has various other specialized uses, such as a liter symbol and as the azimuthal quantum number symbol. U+2118 ℘ SCRIPT CAPITAL P is a symbol for Weierstrass's elliptic function. [7]

  3. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Generally, use only one of these styles at a time (do not italicize and quote, or quote and boldface, or italicize and boldface) for words-as-words purposes. Exceptionally, two styles can be combined for distinct purposes, e.g. a film title is italicized and it is also boldfaced in the lead sentence of the article on that film (see WP ...

  4. Italic type - Wikipedia

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    Where the italics do not indicate emphasis, but are marking a title or where a word is being mentioned, quotation marks may be substituted: The word "the" is an article. The term "even number" refers to a number that is a multiple of 2. The novel "Fahrenheit 451" was written by Ray Bradbury.

  5. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Italics: Put in italics rom: Roman: Put in Roman (non-italic) font bf: Boldface: Put in boldface lc: Lower case: Put text in lower case caps: Capitalize: Put text in capital case sc: Small caps: Put text in small caps wf: Wrong font: Put text in correct font wc/ww: word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space ...

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Use italics for the scientific names of plants, animals, and all other organisms except viruses at the genus level and below (italicize Panthera leo and Retroviridae, but not Felidae). The hybrid sign is not italicized (Rosa × damascena), nor is the "connecting term" required in three-part botanical names (Rosa gallica subsp. officinalis).

  7. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    2. Denotes that a number is positive and is read as plus. Redundant, but sometimes used for emphasizing that a number is positive, specially when other numbers in the context are or may be negative; for example, +2. 3. Sometimes used instead of for a disjoint union of sets. − 1.

  8. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    one of the Gegenbauer functions in analytic number theory (may be replaced by the capital form of the Latin letter P). represents: one of the Gegenbauer functions in analytic number theory. the Dickman–de Bruijn function; the radius in a polar, cylindrical, or spherical coordinate system; the correlation coefficient in statistics

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    Either group the thousands in a four-digit number or do not, but not mixed use in the same article. However, grouping by threes and fives may coexist. Four-digit page numbers and four-digit calendar years should never be grouped (not sailed in 1,492, but dynasty collapsed around 10,400 BC or by 13 727 AD, Vega will be the northern pole star).