No dice. using \mathcal on 'r' produces the dell operator. I don't think
 it works on lower case letters like it does on upper case ones

Sean

rgheck wrote:
> Sean Mullane wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     This is my first time posting to this list. First, let me say that
>> LyX
>> has been a great tool for me - I do all my write-ups and homework sets
>> in it now. It certainly makes LaTeX easier and faster to use. So keep up
>> the good work!
>>
>>     That said, I haven't found a way to include most cursive
>> characters in
>> math formulas. There is the \ell, \imath and \jmath, but that's it in
>> terms of lower case cursive. Given that I study physics, characters like
>> the cursive 'r' come up quite a bit. It would be nice if there were a
>> whole cursive alphabet section like one sees for the greek letters.
>>
>>   
> I think what you want is \mathcal, which you can get by using whatever
> you'd ordinarily use for emphasis (by default, Ctrl-E) in mathmode.
> 
> rh
> 

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