AsciiMath is an easy-to-write markup language for mathematics

Special Cases

Matrices: [[a,b],[c,d]] yields to `[[a,b],[c,d]]`

Column vectors: ((a,b),(c,d)) yields to `((a,b),(c,d))`

Complex subscripts: lim_(x->oo) yields to `lim_(x->oo)`

Subscripts must come before superscripts:int_0^1 f(x)dx yields to `int_0^1 f(x)dx`

Attention: Always try to surround the > and< characters with spaces so that the html parser does not confuse it with an opening or closing tag!

Standard Functions

sin, cos, tan, csc, sec, cot, sinh, cosh, tanh, log, ln, det, dim, lim, mod, gcd, lcm, min, max

The Grammar

Here is a definition of the grammar used to parse AsciiMath expressions. In the Backus-Naur form given below, the letter on the left of the::= represents a category of symbols that could be one of the possible sequences of symbols listed on the right. The vertical bar | separates the alternatives.

c ::= [A-z] | numbers | greek letters | other constant symbols (see below)
u ::= 'sqrt' | 'text' | 'bb' |     other unary symbols for font commands
b ::= 'frac' | 'root' | 'stackrel' binary symbols
l ::= ( | [ | { | (: | {:          left brackets
r ::= ) | ] | } | :) | :}          right brackets
S ::= c | lEr | uS | bSS | "any"   simple expression
E ::= SE | S/S | S_S | S^S | S_S^S expression (fraction, sub-, super-, subsuperscript)