7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

We wish to call special attention to the space symbol. It is not possible
to generate more than one space with the space bar on the keyboard,
because the wiki software only registers one space. Thus, if
you wish to add several spaces in a row, you must use the special
character   as you would in HTML. This symbol also prevents
a line break, which can be very useful when generating formulas.
You should also use special symbols to generate unusual punctuation:
Symb. Code Symb. Code Symb. Code
¿ iquest » raquo ¶ para
¡ iexcl § sect • bull
« laquo † dagger — mdash
� rarr � larr ° deg
In our example, we can now add a new line directly under the heading:
††† Our fire is being
taken away †††
And, at the end of the page, the following explanation:
No fire → no development
Especially in the realm of the natural sciences, we often need old
Greek letters. For all symbols that cannot be generated using the
Latin alphabet, there are the following conventions:
Symb. Code Symb. Code Symb. Code
� alpha � gamma � Delta
� beta � Gamma � Theta
As you may have noticed, it is not difficult to figure out what the
rest of the characters in the table would look like.
The other components of mathematical formulas can also be generated
with special symbols. Here is a small selection of them:
Symb. Code Symb. Code Symb. Code
� Int � sum ± plusmn
� prod � radic � infin
Space
Tab. 5.2
Tab. 5.3
Formulas
Tab. 5.4
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