Wow, this is comprehensive indeed! Thank you Richard! Rob, you could maybe use mathcal form for one the v's, to distinguish it from the other.
-- Murat Yildizoglu http://yildizoglu.info Le lundi 29 octobre 2012 à 14:28, Richard Heck a écrit : > On 10/29/2012 08:13 AM, Rob Oakes wrote: > > Dear Group, > > > > This is more of a LaTeX question rather than a LyX question, but I know > > there are many LaTeX experts here, too, so here goes. > > > > I'm currently working with a set of fluids equations which have both > > velocity and volume terms. Given how frequently the variable v appears > > in both (by convention), I would like to somehow distinguish them in my > > notes. (Right now, I've been using an uppercase V for volume and > > lowercase v for velocity.) > > > > I've seen several texts use a variant of the V character, however, to > > make the distinction more clear. Any idea how this might be done? What > > is the best way to use a variant character in a math expression, or is > > there a standard LaTeX symbol for volume? (Regular V appears to be used > > for velocity, variant V for volume.) > > > > I've already looked through the general LaTeX symbols list and the LyX > > menus, but wasn't able to find the symbols used in the text. > > > > Try looking here: > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf > > rh
