Symbols:Fonts/mathcal

Font Description
Mathcal is a calligraphic font built into $\LaTeX$.

Its uppercase alphabet is:


 * $\mathcal A$ $\mathcal B$ $\mathcal C$ $\mathcal D$ $\mathcal E$ $\mathcal F$ $\mathcal G$ $\mathcal H$ $\mathcal I$ $\mathcal J$ $\mathcal K$ $\mathcal L$ $\mathcal M$ $\mathcal N$ $\mathcal O$ $\mathcal P$ $\mathcal Q$ $\mathcal R$ $\mathcal S$ $\mathcal T$ $\mathcal U$ $\mathcal V$ $\mathcal W$ $\mathcal X$ $\mathcal Y$ $\mathcal Z$

It can also be used to present numbers in a lowercase style thus:


 * $\mathcal 1$ $\mathcal 2$ $\mathcal 3$ $\mathcal 4$ $\mathcal 5$ $\mathcal 6$ $\mathcal 7$ $\mathcal 8$ $\mathcal 9$ $\mathcal 0$

The individual letters of this font and their various uses on are listed on this page as well as on the pages for the letters themselves.

The $\LaTeX$ code for $\mathcal A$ for example is:


 * \mathcal A

$\mathcal B$
This is used to denote a basis in topology.

An example of an introduction of this would be:


 * "Let $\tuple {X, \tau}$ be a topological space."


 * "Let $\mathcal B$ be a basis for $\tau$."

$\mathcal C$
This is used to denote a cover.

An example of an introduction of this would be:


 * "Let $S$ be a set."


 * "Let $\mathcal C$ be a cover for $S$."

$\mathcal O$
This is used for Big-O Notation.

$\mathcal P$
This is used to denote power set.

To introduce the power set of a set $S$ we would state:


 * "Let $S$ be a set, and let $\powerset S$ be its power set."

$\mathcal R$
This is used for binary relations.

For example to introduce a binary relation on $S \times T$ we would state:


 * "Let $\mathcal R \subseteq S \times T$ be a relation."