Math Symbols ____________

LaTeX provides almost any mathematical symbol you're likely to need. The commands for generating them can be used only in math mode. For example, if you include `$\pi$' in your source, you will get the symbol "pi" in your output.

Commands


Greek Letters

The following is a list of the Greek letters available in latex:


Binary Operation Symbols

      \pm             \sqcap                   \rhd
      \mp             \sqcup                   \unlhd
      \times          \vee                     \unrhd
      \div            \wedge                   \oplus
      \ast            \setminus                \ominus
      \star           \wr                      \otimes
      \circ           \diamond                 \oslash
      \bullet         \bigtriangleup           \odot
      \cdot           \bigtriangledown         \bigcirc
      \cap            \triangleleft            \dagger
      \cup            \triangleright           \ddagger
      \uplus          \lhd                     \amalg


Relation Symbols

      \leq            \geq             \equiv           \models
      \prec           \succ            \sim             \perp
      \preceq         \succeq          \simeq           \mid
      \ll             \gg              \asymp           \parallel
      \subset         \supset          \approx          \bowtie
      \subseteq       \supseteq        \cong            \Join
      \sqsubset       \sqsupset        \neq             \smile
      \sqsubseteq     \sqsupseteq      \doteq           frown
      \in             \ni              \propto
      \vdash          dashv
\leftarrow \longleftarrow \uparrow


Arrow Symbols

      \leftarrow              \longleftarrow           \uparrow
      \Leftarrow              \Longleftarrow           \Uparrow
      \rightarrow             \longrightarrow          \downarrow
      \Rightarrow             \Longrightarrow          \Downarrow
      \leftrightarrow         \longleftrightarrow      \updownarrow
      \Leftrightarrow         \Longleftrightarrow      \Updownarrow
      \mapsto                 \longmapsto              \nearrow
      \hookleftarrow          \hookrightarrow          \searrow
      \leftharpoonup          \rightharpoonup          \swarrow
      \leftharpoondown        \rightharpoondown        \nwarrow
      \rightleftharpoons      \leadsto


Miscellaneous Symbols

      \aleph          \prime           \forall          \infty
      \hbar           \emptyset        \exists          \Box
      \imath          \nabla           \neg             \Diamond
      \jmath          \surd            \flat            \triangle
      \ell            \top             \natural         \clubsuit
      \wp             \bot             \sharp           \diamondsuit
      \Re             \angle           \backslash       \heartsuit
      \Im             \partial         \spadesuit
      \mho


Variable-sized Symbols

      \sum            \bigcap          \bigdot
      \prod           \bigcup          \bigotimes
      \coprod         \bigsqcup        \bigoplus
      \int            \bigvee          \biguplus
      \oint           \bigwedge


Log-like Functions

       \arccos        \csc             \ker             \min
       \arcsin        \deg             \lg              \Pr
       \arctan        \det             \lim             \sec
       \arg           \dim             \liminf          \sin
       \cos           \exp             \limsup          \sinh
       \cosh          \gcd             \ln              \sup
       \cot           \hom             \log             \tan
       \coth          \inf             \max             \tanh


Delimiters


Math Mode Accents

      \hat{}                  \tilde{}
      \check{}                \bar{}
      \breve{}                \vec{}
      \acute{}                \dot{}
      \grave{}                \ddot{}

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