U+1AB2 COMBINING INFINITY exists to indicate weak nasalization in Germanic dialectology.
Michael > On 24 Oct 2025, at 19:40, Peter Constable via Unicode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > An infinity symbol might be used subscripted in math formulas, but math > formulas regard higher-level markup in any case. > > In general, Unicode assumes that super- / sub-scripting should be handled by > markup and formatting unless there is a strong reason for separate encoding > (e.g., as required in phonetic transcription, in which a plain-text > distinction is needed). > > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unicode <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andrei Enache > via Unicode > Sent: October 21, 2025 2:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Infinity subscripts > > Hi Unicode mailing list, > > I'd like to know if Unicode is able to incorporate infinity subscripts into > the specification? This would help with mathematical notation as it is very > common there to mark some limiting behavior of a sequence. > > Some internet discussion here: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65495679/subscript-unicode-character-symbol-in-python > https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-subscript-of-the-infinity-symbol/td-p/738302 > https://www.reddit.com/r/Unicode/comments/zgchk6/subscript_infinity_symbol/ > > Some programming languages like Mathematica > (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5481216/subscripted-variables) benefit > from numbered and variable name (such as x, n) subscripts for other > functionality, and infinity would help with this. > > Many thanks, > Andrei >
