RE: Proposed Draft UTR #31 - Syntax Characters

From: Marco Cimarosti (marco.cimarosti@essetre.it)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 09:35:14 EDT

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Jill Ramonsky wrote:
> Damn. I guess you guys are all going to hate me for asking
> this, but ...
> what exactly is a mathematical space?

An compatibility space character used only in typesetting mathematics:

205F;MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE;Zs;0;WS;<compat> 0020;;;;N;;;;;

> PS. I'm going to pre-empt any puns on other interpretations
> of the phrase "mathematical space", [...]

That's unfair! I had a such a nice story about a mathematician who goes in a
space bar and asks for 568.31 ml of... :-)

_ Marco

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