Mathematical symbols

Tedds recognizes and uses several mathematical symbols. However, there are some mathematical symbols that do not have a function in calculations. For more information, see the following paragraphs.

Note:

For Tedds for Word users:

The following mathematical symbols are available via the Library Access System.

To access any one the symbols, go to Writing your own custom calculations > Calculation writing documentation > Math symbols.

All the characters use Windows Symbol font.


Mathematical symbols recognized in Tedds
Name	Symbol	Function in calculations
minus	-	substract
plus	+	add
multiply	×	multiply
divide	÷	divide
divide	/	divide
equals	=	equal to
square root	√( )	square root
less than	<	less than
less than or equal to	≤	less than or equal to
equal to	==	equal to
not equal to	≠	not equal to
greater than or equal to	≥	greater than or equal to
greater than	>	greater than


Mathematical symbols not recognized in Tedds
Name	Symbol	Function in calculations
approximately equal to	≈	no function
equivalent to	≡	no function
therefore	∴	no function
cube root	³√( )	use cuberoot( ) instead
degrees	°	angle unit
infinity	∞	no function
plus/minus	±	no function
proportional to	∝	no function
perpendicular to		no function
superscript star	*	no function