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Notation	Keyboard
Decimals	.
Variables	Type variables exactly as given in the question. Variables are case-sensitive. You can't substitute `x` for `X`.

Notation

Keyboard

Decimals

Variables

Type variables exactly as given in the question.

Variables are case-sensitive. You can't substitute x for X.

Notation	Button	Button Group	Keyboard (if available)
Addition	+	Operations	+
Multiplication	×	Operations	*
Fractions	$fraction button$	Operations	/
Square root		Operations
Base or subscript		Operations	`n`_`b`
`n` th root		Operations
Exponential function		Operations	e^
Power of 10		Operations	10^
General Log		Operations	log_
Subtraction	−	Operations	-
Division	÷	Operations
Exponent		Operations	^
Factorial		Operations	!
Exponent and subscript of a variable		Operations	`n`_`b` → ^`x`
Absolute value		Operations	\|`n`\|
Natural logarithm	ln	Operations	ln
Logarithm (base 10)	log	Operations	log

Notation	Button	Button Group	Keyboard (if available)
Less than	<	Relations	<
Greater than	>	Relations	>
Less than or equal to	≤	Relations	<=
Greater than or equal to	≥	Relations	>=
Equal	=	Relations	=
Not equal	≠	Relations
Open interval (parentheses)		Relations or Sets	( The closing parenthesis is added automatically.
Closed interval (brackets)		Relations or Sets	[ The closing bracket is added automatically.
Half-closed interval (half-open interval)	or	Relations or Sets	[) Substitute (or ] as needed.
Set delimiters (braces)		Relations or Sets	{ The closing brace is added automatically.
Intersection	⋂	Relations or Sets
Union	⋃	Relations or Sets
Empty set	∅	Relations or Sets
No solution		Relations

Notation	Button	Button Group	Keyboard (if available)
Script E		Other
Infinity	∞	Other or Symbols
hbar		Other
Imaginary unit	i	Other or Symbols	i
Script l		Other
theta		Other or Symbols
phi		Other
pi		Other or Symbols
omega		Other
Does not exist		Other
Undefined		Other or Symbols
Degrees		Other or Symbols

Typing a function name such as sin automatically adds parentheses to delimit the argument of the function.

Alternative notations for trigonometric functions such as arcsin and sin−1 are accepted.

Notation	Button	Button Group	Keyboard (if available)
Sine	or sin	Trig	sin
Cosine	or cos	Trig	cos
Tangent	or tan	Trig	tan
Cosecant	or csc	Trig	csc
Secant	or sec	Trig	sec
Cotangent	or cot	Trig	cot
Inverse sine (arcsine)	or sin −1	Trig	arcsin or sin ←^-1
Inverse cosine (arccosine)	or cos −1	Trig	arccos or cos ←^-1
Inverse tangent (arctangent)	or tan −1	Trig	arctan or tan←^-1
Inverse cosecant (arccosecant)	or csc −1	Trig	arccsc or csc←^-1
Inverse secant (arcsecant)	or sec −1	Trig	arcsec or sec←^-1
Inverse cotangent (arccotangent)	or cot −1	Trig	arccot or cot←^-1
Hyperbolic sine		Trig	sin ←h
Hyperbolic cosine		Trig	cos ←h
Hyperbolic tangent		Trig	tan ←h
Hyperbolic cosecant		Trig	csc ←h
Hyperbolic secant		Trig	sec ←h
Hyperbolic cotangent		Trig	cot ←h
Inverse hyperbolic sine (area hyperbolic sine)		Trig	arcsin←h or sin←h^-1
Inverse hyperbolic cosine (area hyperbolic cosine)		Trig	arccosh←h or cos←h^-1
Inverse hyperbolic tangent (area hyperbolic tangent)		Trig	arctanh←h or tan←h^-1
Inverse hyperbolic cosecant (area hyperbolic cosecant)		Trig	arccsch ←h or csc ←h^-1
Inverse hyperbolic secant (area hyperbolic secant)		Trig	arcsech←h or sec←h^-1
Inverse hyperbolic cotangent (area hyperbolic cotangent)		Trig	arccoth←h or cot←h^-1

Notation	Button	Button Group
Lowercase Greek letter		Greek
Uppercase Greek letter		Greek Click for uppercase Greek letters.

Notation

Button

Button Group

Lowercase Greek letter

Greek

Uppercase Greek letter

Greek

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Notation	Button	Button Group	Keyboard (if available)
Matrix with brackets	Click and enter the number of rows and columns.	Matrices
Matrix with parentheses	Click and enter the number of rows and columns.	Matrices
2-row, 1-column matrix with brackets		Matrices
2-row, 1-column matrix with parentheses		Matrices
1-row, 2-column matrix with brackets		Matrices
1-row, 2-column matrix with parentheses		Matrices
Insert row above		Matrices
Insert row below		Matrices	ENTER
Delete row		Matrices
Insert column to the left		Matrices
Insert column to the right		Matrices
Delete column		Matrices