Useful Information for Manim

Manim is based on Python and Latex. Followings are useful information for programming Manim.

Quick Useful Information for Python

Some useful reference.

• Python 3.8.1 documentation https://docs.python.org/3.8/
  • Glossary https://docs.python.org/3.8/glossary.html
• Built-in Functions https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html
• Data Structures https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html
• The Python Language Reference https://docs.python.org/3/reference/
  • 2.1. Line structure: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#line-structure
    • line structure
    • comments
    • indentation
  • 7. Simple statements
    • 7.4. The pass statement
  • 9. Classes
    • 9.3.1. Class Definition Syntax
  • https://docs.python.org/3.8/glossary.html
• The Python Language Reference https://docs.python.org/2.0/ref/contents.html
• PythonDecorators: https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecorators
• PythonStyle: https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonStyle?highlight=%28docstrings%29
• DocumentationTools https://wiki.python.org/moin/DocumentationTools?highlight=%28docstrings%29
• docstrings: https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/docstrings-python

Quick Useful information for Latex

For TextMobject object, the input is plain text therefore Latex letters and symbols are denoted by a $⋯$ pair. But for TexMobject object, the input is Latex code and plain text is entered as Latex code \text{⋯}.

Table of Latex code

Greek letters

α Α	\alpha A	ν Ν	\nu N
β Β	\beta B	ξ Ξ	\xi\Xi
γ Γ	\gamma \Gamma	ο Ο	>o O
δ Δ	\delta \Delta	π Π	\pi \Pi
𝜖 ε Ε	\epsilon \varepsilon E	ρ 𝜚 Ρ	\rho\varrho P
ζ Ζ	\zeta Z	σ Σ	\sigma \Sigma
η Η	\eta H	τ Τ	\tau T
θ 𝝑 Θ	\theta \vartheta \Theta	υ Υ	\upsilon \Upsilon
ι Ι	\iota I	𝜙 φ Φ	\phi \varphi \Phi
κ Κ	\kappa K	χ Χ	\chi X
λ Λ	\lambda \Lambda	ψ Ψ	\psi \Psi
μ Μ	\mu M	ω Ω	\omega \Omega

Arrows

←	\leftarrow	⇐	\Leftarrow
→	\rightarrow	⇒	\Rightarrow
↔	\leftrightarrow	⇌	\rightleftharpoons
↑	\uparrow	↓	\downarrow
⇑	\Uparrow	⇓	\Downarrow
⇔	\Leftrightarrow	⇕	\Updownarrow
↦	\mapsto	⟼	\longmapsto
↗	\nearrow	↘	\searrow
↙	\swarrow	↖	\nwarrow
↼	\leftharpoonup	⇀	\rightharpoonup
↽	\leftharpoondown	⇁	\rightharpoondown

Miscellaneous symbols

∞	\infty	∀	\forall
ℜ(ℝ)	\Re	ℑ(𝕀)	\Im
∇	\nabla	∃	\exists
∂	\partial	∄	\nexists
∅	\emptyset	∅	\varnothing
℘	\wp	∁	\complement
￢	\neg	⋯	\cdots
◻	\square	√	\surd
∎	\blacksquare	∆	\triangle

Binary Operation/Relation Symbols

∗	\ast	×	\times
÷	\div	∩	\cap
∪	\cup	≠	\neq
≤	\leq	≥	\geq
∈	\in	⊥	\perp
∉	\notin	⊂	\subset
≃	\simeq	≈	\approx
∧	\wedge	∨	\vee
⊕	\oplus	⊗	\otimes
◻	\Box	⊠	\boxtimes
≡	\equiv	≅	\cong

Others

text	\text	subscript	\textsubscript
superscript	\textsuperscript