Mathematical Symbols

These mathematical symbols are helpful for use in applications where mathematical style markup is not available, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google Classroom. However, it is generally recommended that if mathematical style markup is available, use it.

Operations

× ÷ ² ³ ±

Equality, inequality, approximation, proportion

Algebra

𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑓 𝑔 𝒉

Superscript

¹ ² ³ ˣ ʸ

Subscript

Calculus

Δ

Geometry

°

Statistics and Probability

| μ 𝜇 σ 𝜎

Logic, proof, sets

¬ ˜

Vectors

𝐚 𝐛 𝐢 𝐣 𝐤

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Unicode has extended the characters in fonts to include mathematical symbols.
Simply highlight, copy and paste* into Word, your favourite text editor, text message or web page comment.

Warning Not all symbols will work on all devices or with all fonts.

*On Windows: ctrl+c, ctrl+v
On Mac: +c, +v