General ⇒ Redefining Characters in Math Mode

[SterlingChase]

Hello all!
I'm currently in a Linear Algebra class and like to type up my solutions to the weekly homework. I follow the convention in the textbook to write linear operators and vector spaces as captial, sans-serif characters, for instance:

Instead of $T$, we would write $\mathsf{T}$.

So it's become a real pain having to write "\mathsf{}" so many times. Is there any way to have "T" automatically change to "\mathsf{T}" in math mode, unless I somehow explicitly say not to?

I would like to do this to the characters T, U, V, and W. Is this possible?

I suppose another solution to be to define a command for each of those characters as follows:
\newcommand{\T}{\mathsf{T}}

But if I can avoid this, that would be nice. Any suggestions?

[phi]

Hello,
add this to your preamble:

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\DeclareSymbolFont{sansserif}{OT1}{\sfdefault}{m}{n}
\DeclareMathSymbol{T}{\mathalpha}{sansserif}{`T}
\DeclareMathSymbol{U}{\mathalpha}{sansserif}{`U}
\DeclareMathSymbol{V}{\mathalpha}{sansserif}{`V}
\DeclareMathSymbol{W}{\mathalpha}{sansserif}{`W}