Mathematics

Mathematical Conventions

• Scaler variables are given in italic lower-case type.
• Scaler constants are given in italic upper-case type.
• Vectors are given in bold type using lower case symbols except where they represent fields in which case they are capitalised.
• The magnitude of a vector uses the same symbol but in italic type.
• Matrices are given in bold upper-case type.

In a derivative or integral the ‘d’ is not italicized.