Mathematical formulas can be written in HTML without installing special fonts, MathML, or inserting images. This article shows how this can be done.

SymbolEntityDescription
¬¬not sign
¯¯macron, overline
°°degree sign
±±plus-minus sign
µµmicro sign
··middle dot, centered period
××multiplication sign
÷÷division sign
ƒƒf with hook, script f
monospaced hyphen
−minus sign
–en dash
—em dash
†dagger
‡double dagger
•bullet
…ellipsis
′prime, minute
″double prime, second
⁄fraction slash
ΩΩohm sign
←leftwards arrow
↑upwards arrow
→rightwards arrow
↓downwards arrow
↔left right arrow
↕up down arrow
∂partial differential
∆increment, difference
∏product
∑summation, sum
√square root, radical
∞infinity
∩intersection
∫integral
⌠top half integral
⌡bottom half integral
≈almost equal to, approximately equal to
≠not equal to
≡identical to
≤less than or equal to
≥greater than or equal to

√(a2 + b2)

liman
n→∞

∞ ∑ an n=0



n = 0
an

{ sum from n = 0 to infinity } a_n


∆u  =  Δu  = n

i = 1
2u/∂xi2

Laplacian of u = Delta u = { sum from i = 1 to n } d^2u / dx_i^2




n = 0
an

{ product from n = 0 to infinity } a_n


  b

a  
f(x)dx

{ integral from a to b } f(x) dx


 +∞

−∞ 
exp(−x2)dx =  √π

{ integral from -infinity to +infinity } exp(-x^2) dx = square root of pi