Re: mathematical symbols?

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From: Johan Wevers
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:34

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In article <4330@drsrv1.hmi.de> dej@drsrv1.hmi.de (Andreas Schulz-Dieterich) writes:
>We're looking for the symbols of natural and real numbers in LaTeX:
>                              __
>             | |\   |      | |  \
>             | | \  |      | |__/
>             | |  \ |      | | \
>             | |   \|      | |  \
>
>(ASCII offers very poor capabilities but you will understand.)
>
>Any hints appreciated. Thanks in advance,
>-Andreas

Try: \newcommand{\RR}{\mbox{I\hspace{-1ex}R}}
and \newcommand{\NN}{\mbox{I\hspace{-1ex}N}}

If you prefer the symbols in italics, symply remove the \mbox and
use them in math mode.

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Subject: Re: mathematical symbols?
Keywords: natural numbers, real numbers, LaTeX
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