Additional decorations
$\def\demo#1#2{#1{#2}\ #1{#2#2}\ #1{#2#2#2}}$
\overline
: $\demo\overline A$
\underline
: $\demo\underline B$
\widetilde
: $\demo\widetilde C$
\widehat
: $\demo\widehat D$
\fbox
: $\demo\fbox {$E$}$
\underleftarrow
: $\demo\underleftarrow{F}\qquad$ variant: \xleftarrow{}
: $\xleftarrow{abc}$
\underrightarrow
: $\demo\underrightarrow{G}\qquad$ variant: \xrightarrow{}
: $\xrightarrow{abc}$
\underleftrightarrow
: $\demo\underleftrightarrow{H}$
\overrightarrow
$\demo\overrightarrow{AB}$
\overbrace
: $\overbrace{(n - 2) + \overbrace{(n - 1) + n + (n + 1)} + (n + 2)}$$\overbrace{(n - 2) + (n - 1) + (n + 0) + (n + 1) + (n + 2)}$
\underbrace
: $(n \underbrace{- 2) + (n \underbrace{- 1) + n + (n +} 1) + (n +} 2)$$\underbrace{(n - 2) + (n - 1) + (n + 0) + (n + 1) + (n + 2)}$
\underbrace
: underbraces can be nested, like this: $\underbrace{(n - 2) + \underbrace{(n - 1) + \underbrace{(n + 0)} + (n + 1)} + (n + 2)}$
\overbrace
and \underbrace
accept a superscript or a subscript, respectively, to annotate the brace. For example, \underbrace{a\cdot a\cdots a}_{b\text{ times}}
is $$\underbrace{a\cdot a\cdots a}_{b\text{ times}}$$
Note: \varliminf
: $\varliminf$ and \varlimsup
:$\varlimsup$ have special symbol of their own.
Single character accents
\check
: $\check{I}$
\acute
: $\acute{J}$
\grave
: $\grave{K}$
\vec
: $\vec u\ \vec{AB}$ (c.f. \overrightarrow
above)
\bar
: $\bar z$
\hat
: $\hat x$
\tilde
: $\tilde x$
\dot \ddot \dddot
: $\dot x,\ddot x,\dddot x$
\mathring
: $\mathring A$
General stacking
If you cannot find your symbol remember that you can stack various symbols using
\overset{above}{level}
: $\overset{@}{ABC}\ \overset{x^2}{\longmapsto}\ \overset{\bullet\circ\circ\bullet}{T}$
\underset{below}{level}
: $\underset{@}{ABC}\ \underset{x^2}{\longmapsto}\ \underset{\bullet\circ\circ\bullet}{T}$
You can use these together too. You can type $X \overset{a}{\underset{b}{\to}} Y$ with X\overset{a}{\underset{b}{\to}}Y
.
Arc over points
\overset{ \huge\frown}{PQ}
: $\overset{ \huge\frown}{PQ}$ denotes the arc over points $P$ and $Q$ (As per comment of @Calvin Khor to @Paul Sinclair's question)