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 >