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Symbolic Notational Forms
Built into Mathematica are hundreds of powerful notational forms that can be arbitrarily combined, and immediately accessed through their symbolic representations. Many common ones can also be input through keyboard shortcuts.
Subscripts & Superscripts
Subscript (PlaceholderPlaceholder)  ▪ Superscript (PlaceholderPlaceholder)  ▪ Subsuperscript ()
SubPlus(Placeholder+)  ▪ SubMinus(Placeholder-)  ▪ SubStar(Placeholder*)  ▪ SuperPlus(Placeholder+)  ▪ SuperMinus(Placeholder-)  ▪ SuperStar (Placeholder*)  ▪ SuperDagger (Placeholder†)
Overscripts & Underscripts
Overscript()  ▪ Underscript()  ▪ Underoverscript ()
OverBar()  ▪ OverVector()  ▪ OverTilde()  ▪ OverHat()  ▪ OverDot()  ▪ UnderBar ()
    
Infix Operators »
CirclePlus (CirclePlus)  ▪ Wedge (Wedge)  ▪ Congruent (Congruent)  ▪ UpArrow (UpArrow)  ▪ Precedes (<)  ▪ ...
Prefix Operators »
Del (Del)  ▪ Square (Square)  ▪ PlusMinus (±)  ▪ ...
Bracketing Forms »
AngleBracket (LeftAngleBracketPlaceholderRightAngleBracket)  ▪ BracketingBar (LeftBracketingBarPlaceholderRightBracketingBar)  ▪ DoubleBracketingBar (LeftDoubleBracketingBarPlaceholderRightDoubleBracketingBar)
    
General Operator Forms
Infix  ▪ Prefix  ▪ Postfix  ▪ PrecedenceForm
    
Formal Symbols »
FormalA  ▪ FormalZ  ▪ FormalCapitalA  ▪ FormalCapitalZ  ▪ ...
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