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[Phys-l] test : fancy symbols, utf-8 encoding



This is a test of the features of the phys-l mailer, which was recently
upgraded from listserv(tm) to mailman(tm). This message uses the utf-8
encoding, as discussed at e.g.
http://www.av8n.com/computer/htm/encoding.htm#sec-unicode

All of the following look nice in *my* mailer (Mozilla) and will probably
look fine if you view the archives with a decent browser (if earlier
tests are any guide).

The question is: Are there any mailers or systems out there in common
use that cannot handle utf-8, and/or can't load a font that has usable
glyphs at these codepoints? Please report what works and what doesn't.
If you setup cannot handle utf-8, please invesigate whether you can
upgrade to something that does. (Hint: Thunderbird is free and reasonably
easy to use.) The goal is to build a consensus as to which symbols can
(or cannot) be seen by phys-l subscribers.

James Clerk Maxwell :
∇ ⋅ E = 4π ρ
∇ × E + 1/c ∂B/∂t = 0
∇ ⋅ B = 0
∇ × B - 1/c ∂E/∂t = 4π c j

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger :
i ℏ ∂Ψ/∂t = H Ψ
q = 〈Ψ|Q|Ψ〉

Αρχιμηδης

Anders Jonas Ångström

Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted

Theodore von Kármán

Lórand von Eötvös

Николай Егорович Жуковский

à la mode Française :

la théorème de Léon Charles Thévenin

André Marie Ampère

Henri Poincaré

Henri Bénard

Guillaume de L'Hôpital

Miscellaneous:
a · b × c ≡ e ÷ f ± g
q ∝ v²
¼ ≤ ¾
§ † … ⋯

Quite a few more glyphs, which you can cut and paste into your
messages if you wish:
http://www.av8n.com/computer/utf/font-chart.html