Re: cyrillic characters in mathematical symbols

[Leo Butler]

ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com writes:

>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:18:03PM +0200, ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com wrote:
>> > Does texinfo accept cyrillic characters in mathematical symbols?
>> >
>>
>> I don't know about mathematics formatting.  There doesn't appear to be
>> any special support for it in texinfo.tex.  I have this file on my
>> hard disk (based on copyright page it is the Texinfo manual from 1999),
>> but I don't know how it was produced.
>
> Could we figure that out?
>
> There are a lot of russian mathematical work, which although
> published are hardly ever cited.  And it would be better if
> people could use the original nomenclature than using other
> symbols such as greek or latin instead.

texinfo.tex has \DeclareUnicodeCharacter, which has all the power you
need, I suspect.

Btw, as a mathematician, I don't feel compelled to use the same symbols
as someone else. The ideas are important, the packaging is less so.

Leo