The syntax of the
Mathematica language is unique among modern languages in allowing not just ordinary ASCII characters, but also a variety of special characters that greatly increase readability and elegance, as well as correspondence with traditional mathematical notation.
× \[Times] — multiplication sign, automatically added between numbers, etc.
≠,
≤,
≥,
= — automatically converted from
,
<=,
>=,
\[LongEqual] — alternative form equivalent to
→ \[Rule] — automatically converted from
->
\[RuleDelayed] — automatically converted from
:>...
...
— part specification, entered using
Esc [[ Esc,
Esc ]] Esc
\[InvisibleApplication] — separate a function and its argument, as in
fx
