Writer Guide

Brackets
Operation Command Display
Round Brackets (a)
a
Square Brackets [b]
[b]
Double Square Brackets ldbracket c rdbracket
〚c〛
Single line lline a rline
∣a∣
Double line ldline a rdline
∥a∥
Braces lbrace w rbrace
{w}
Angle Brackets langle d rangle
〈d 〉
Operator Brackets langle a mline b rangle
〈a
∣
b〉
Group brackets (used for
program control)
{a}
a
Scalable round brackets
(add the word “left before a
left bracket and “right”
before a right bracket)
left ( stack{a # b # z}
right )

a
b
z

Square brackets scalable
(as above)
left [ stack{ x # y} right ]
[
x
y
]
Double square brackets
scalable
left ldbracket c right
rdbracket
〚
c
〛
Line scalable left lline a right rline
∣
a
∣
Double line scalable left ldline d right rdline
∥
d
∥
Brace scalable left lbrace e right rbrace
{
e
}
Angle bracket scalable left langle f right rangle
〈
f
〉
Operator brackets scalable
left langle g mline h right
rangle
〈
g
∣
h
〉
Over brace scalable
{The brace is above}
overbrace a
The braceis above 
a
Under brace scalable
{the brace is
below}underbrace {f}
the braceis below

f
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