Could Yahoo Answers support math symbols for the Science Section?

Question

I mean, sometimes we can work around it, but other times the use of subscripts, superscripts and special symbols is actually necessary.

Interpreting questions can be a little confusing, and sometimes they can be misinterpreted. But more importantly, it is necessary that the asker gets a CLEAR answer, otherwise the whole asking - answering process is futile if not even harmful.

Well I hope this doesn't go unread

Answer 1

I don't know about the others, but what I've been doing is doing copy and paste symbols from wherever I can find them. Here, you can try them yourself:

Π Φ Ψ Ω θ μ ξ λ ∑ ∆ ∂ √ ∞ ∫ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ² ³ Λ ω π Γ β ζ ε φ δ → ← ║ ± ° ¯ [ ÷ × ½ √ ∞ ≠ ≤ ≥ ≈ ⇒ ± ∈ Δ θ ∴ ∑ ∫ • π ƒ -¹ ² ³ ° ]

Answer 2

There are codes that you can use that start with an ampersand (&), followed by 4 numbers, and end with a semicolon that will allow the display of characters. There are also some common symbols where you can use a word in place of the number code. For example, typing &_hearts_; (without the underscores) will display ♥

I am not sure if subscripts and superscripts would currently work, since Yahoo! answers follows a strict format and doesn't allow the text to be altered by HTML.

Answer 3

Good idea, but ask this in a Yahoo Answers section. See the reference for one way, awkward and dangerous. Some browsers and some computers and some fonts might not display them.