mathphrase
mathphrase — A mathematical phrase that can be represented with ordinary text and a small amount of markup.
Synopsis
mathphrase ::= ![[x]](figs/web/nav/delete.gif)
![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
Attributes
Description
A mathphrase is a simple, inline equation, one
that can be represented using ordinary text, symbols, subscripts, and
superscripts. A good example is: E=mc2.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Parents
These elements contain mathphrase: equation, informalequation, initializer, inlineequation.
Children
The following elements occur in mathphrase: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, 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>