Cursive, lowercase ell

Question

What is the easiest way to make a cursive, lowercase ell in LaTeX math mode?

Impressive: three answers, all the same, all within three minutes! — Joseph Wright, Aug 17 '10 at 19:22
For general information how to find a specific symbol see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/14/how-to-look-up-a-math-symbol/21#21 — Caramdir, Aug 17 '10 at 19:22

score 102 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '10 at 19:21

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Simply use $\ell$

answered Aug 17 '10 at 19:21

fabikw

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '10 at 19:21

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Well $ \ell $

answered Aug 17 '10 at 19:21

Joseph Wright

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and +1 for using $ ... $ – Stefan Kottwitz Aug 18 '10 at 00:11
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@Stefan: What's the advantage of using $ ... $? – doncherry Apr 27 '11 at 19:41
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@doncherry: Have a look at Inline math: $…$ vs. (…). – Stefan Kottwitz Apr 27 '11 at 20:22

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