mathphrase

mathphrase — A mathematical phrase, an expression that can be represented with ordinary text and a small amount of markup

Synopsis

mathphrase ::= [-]

Description

A mathphrase is a simple, inline equation, one that can be represented using ordinary text, symbols, subscripts, and superscripts. E=mc2, for example.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain mathphrase: equation, informalequation, inlineequation.

Children

The following elements occur in mathphrase: text, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, emphasis (db._emphasis), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example equation</title>

<equation xml:id="eq.fermatphrase">
  <title>Fermat's Last Theorem</title>
  <mathphrase>x<superscript>n</superscript>
+ y<superscript>n</superscript>
≠ z<superscript>n</superscript>
∀ n ≠ 2</mathphrase>
</equation>

</article>

Equation 3. Fermat's Last Theorem

xn + yn ≠ zn ∀ n ≠ 2

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.