Example: Type Sqrt[Sin[x]] for the square root of the sine of x.
Note: The left column below specifies what you can type, and the right column gives the corresponding mathematical meaning
Basic Arithmetic Operations
| a + b | plus |
| a - b | minus |
| a b or a*b | times |
| a / b | divide |
| a^b | power |
| Sqrt[a] | square root |
Mathematical Constants
| Pi | 3.14159... |
| Degree | Pi / 180 |
| I | Sqrt[-1] |
| E | e |
| GoldenRatio | (1 + Sqrt[5]) / 2 |
| EulerGamma | Euler's constant |
| Catalan | Catalan's constant |
| StieltjesGamma[n] | Stieltjes constants |
Trigonometric and Exponential Functions
| Sin[x],
Cos[x],
Tan[x],
Csc[x], Sec[x], Cot[x] |
trigonometric
functions (with arguments in radians) |
| ArcSin[x],
ArcCos[x],
ArcTan[x],
ArcCsc[x], ArcSec[x], ArcCot[x] |
inverse
trigonometric functions (giving results in radians) |
| Exp[x] or E^x | exponential function |
| b^x | b to the power x |
| Log[x] | logarithm of x to the base e |
| Log[b, x] | logarithm of x to the base b |
| Sinh[x],
Cosh[x],
Tanh[x],
Csch[x], Sech[x], Coth[x] |
hyperbolic functions |
| ArcSinh[x],
ArcCosh[x],
ArcTanh[x],
ArcCsch[x], ArcSech[x], ArcCoth[x] |
inverse hyperbolic functions |
Lists
| { a, b, c, d } | Simple list |
| {{ a, b, c, d },{ d, e, f, g }} | Double nested list |
| {{{ a, b },{ c, d }},{{ e, f },{ g, h }}} | Triple nested list |
| { } | Empty list |