Difference between revisions of "Help:Math"

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Mimetex

Mathematics can be displayed on SolarSailWiki using the Mimetex program, which uses a subset of the LaTeX math formulas. All you need to do is enclose a valid TeX/LaTeX formula inside <tex>...</tex> tags. Formulas will be rendered as GIF images.

Mimetex documentation
LaTeX documentation
- The Not so Short Introduction to LaTex - with a very complete chapter on typesetting mathematical formulas

Some examples:

<tex>\sqrt[3]{a x + x^2)</tex> produces $\sqrt[3]{a x + x^2)$

The acceleration of a solar sail due to solar pressure $\vec a_s$ given the position vector from the sun to the sail $\vec r_s$ is:

$\vec a_s = a_c {AU^2 \over r_s^2} $\vec r_s \cdot \vec n$^2 \vec n$

where $a_c$ is max sail acceleration at Earth's distance from the sun (1 AU), $AU$ is the length of an astronomical unit, $r_s$ is the magnitude of $\vec r_s$ , and $\vec n$ is the unit vector normal to the sail surface.

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 where <tex>a_c</tex> is max sail acceleration at Earth's distance from the sun (1 AU), <tex>AU</tex> is the length of an astronomical unit, <tex>r_s</tex> is the magnitude of <tex>\vec r_s</tex>, and <tex>\vec n</tex> is the unit vector normal to the sail surface.
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 where <am>a_c</am> is max sail acceleration at Earth's distance from the sun (1 AU), <am>AU</am> is the length of an astronomical unit, <am>r_s</am> is the magnitude of <am>vec r_s</am>, and <am>vec n</am> is the unit vector normal to the sail surface.
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