List of Mathematical Symbols

3.10 List of Mathematical Symbols

In the following tables, you find all the symbols normally accessible from math mode .

To use the symbols listed in Tables 3.12 – 3.16 , 7 the package amssymb must be loaded in the preamble of the document and the AMS math fonts must be installed, on the system. If the AMS package and fonts are not installed, on your system, have a look at CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex

Table 3.1: Math Mode Accents.

ˆ a \hat{a}

´ a \acute{a} ` a \grave{a}

ˇ a \check{a}

a ˜ \tilde{a}

˘ a \breve{a} ¯ a \bar{a}

˙a \dot{a}

¨ a \ddot{a}

~a \vec{a}

A b \widehat{A}

A e \widetilde{A}

Table 3.2: Lowercase Greek Letters.

α \alpha

υ \upsilon β \beta

θ \theta

φ \phi γ \gamma

ϑ \vartheta

π \pi

ϕ \varphi δ \delta

ι \iota

̟ \varpi

χ \chi ǫ \epsilon

κ \kappa

ρ \rho

ψ \psi ε \varepsilon

λ \lambda

̺ \varrho

ω \omega ζ \zeta

µ \mu

σ \sigma

ς \varsigma η \eta

Table 3.3: Uppercase Greek Letters. Γ \Gamma

Ψ \Psi ∆ \Delta

Λ \Lambda

Σ \Sigma

Ω \Omega Θ \Theta

7 These tables were derived from symbols.tex by David Carlisle and subsequently changed extensively as suggested by Josef Tkadlec.

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Table 3.4: Binary Relations.

You can produce corresponding negations by adding a \not command as prefix to the following symbols.

≤ \leq or \le

≥ \geq or \ge

❁ \sqsubset a ❂ \sqsupset a ✶ \Join a

∋ \ni , \owns

6= \neq or \ne

a Use the latexsym package to access this symbol

Table 3.5: Binary Operators.

± \pm

⊳ \triangleleft · \cdot

∓ \mp

⊲ \triangleright × \times

• \bullet ⊕ \oplus

∨ \vee , \lor

∧ \wedge , \land

⋄ \diamond ⊙ \odot

∐ \amalg △ \bigtriangleup

\dagger ✁ \lhd a ✄ \rhd a ‡ \ddagger

✂ \unlhd a ☎ \unrhd a ≀ \wr

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Table 3.6: BIG Operators.

L \sum

\bigoplus Q

\bigcup

\bigvee

V N \prod

F J \coprod

\bigodot R

Table 3.7: Arrows.

← \leftarrow or \gets

↑ \uparrow → \rightarrow or \to

←− \longleftarrow

↓ \downarrow ↔ \leftrightarrow

−→ \longrightarrow

l \updownarrow ⇐ \Leftarrow

←→ \longleftrightarrow

⇑ \Uparrow ⇒ \Rightarrow

⇐= \Longleftarrow

⇓ \Downarrow ⇔ \Leftrightarrow

\Longrightarrow

m \Updownarrow 7→ \mapsto

⇐⇒ \Longleftrightarrow

ր \nearrow ←֓ \hookleftarrow

7−→ \longmapsto

ց \searrow ↼ \leftharpoonup

\hookrightarrow

ւ \swarrow ↽ \leftharpoondown

\rightharpoonup

տ \nwarrow ⇋ \rightleftharpoons

\rightharpoondown

⇐⇒ \iff (bigger spaces)

❀ \leadsto a

a Use the latexsym package to access this symbol

Table 3.8: Delimiters.

⇑ \Uparrow [ [ or \lbrack

↑ \uparrow

⇓ \Downarrow { \{ or \lbrace } \} or \rbrace l \updownarrow

] ] or \rbrack

↓ \downarrow

m \Updownarrow

k \| or \Vert ⌊ \lfloor

h \langle

i \rangle

| | or \vert

. (dual. empty)

Table 3.9: Large Delimiters.

  \lgroup

 \lmoustache  \rmoustache 

 \rgroup

 \arrowvert w \Arrowvert    \bracevert

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Table 3.10: Miscellaneous Symbols. ... \dots

ℓ \ell ℜ \Re

✵ \mho a ∂ \partial

∞ \infty \nabla

\prime

∅ \emptyset

✷ \Box a ✸ \Diamond ∇ a △

\triangle

⊥ \bot

\surd ♦ \diamondsuit

\neg or \lnot

a Use the latexsym package to access this symbol

Table 3.11: Non-Mathematical Symbols. These symbols can also be used in text mode. † \dag

§ \S

c \copyright

Table 3.12: AMS Delimiters.

p \ulcorner

y \lrcorner | \lvert

q \urcorner

x \llcorner

| \rvert

k \lVert

k \rVert

Table 3.13: AMS Greek and Hebrew. ̥ \digamma

κ \varkappa

i \beth

k \daleth

ג \gimel

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Table 3.14: AMS Binary Relations.

⋖ \lessdot

\gtrdot

+ \doteqdot or \Doteq

; \fallingdotseq ≦ \leqq

0 \eqslantless

1 \eqslantgtr

≖ \eqcirc ≪ \lll or \llless

≧ \geqq

⊜ \circeq . \lesssim

≫ \ggg or \gggtr

, \triangleq / \lessapprox

& \gtrsim

≏ \bumpeq ≶ \lessgtr

' \gtrapprox

≎ \Bumpeq ⋚ \lesseqgtr

≷ \gtrless

∼ \thicksim S \lesseqqgtr

R \gtreqless

T \gtreqqless

∽ \backsim - \precsim

2 \curlyeqprec

3 \curlyeqsucc

⋍ \backsimeq w

j \subseteqq

\Vdash ⋐ \Subset

k \supseteqq

∝ \varpropto p

\therefore

\because

≬ \between ` \smallsmile

\shortmid

\shortparallel

⋔ \pitchfork ⊳ \vartriangleleft

a \smallfrown

⊲ \vartriangleright

◭ \blacktriangleleft

E \trianglelefteq

D \trianglerighteq

◮ \blacktriangleright

Table 3.15: AMS Arrows.

L99 \dashleftarrow

⊸ \multimap ⇔ \leftleftarrows

99K \dashrightarrow

⇈ \upuparrows ⇆ \leftrightarrows

⇒ \rightrightarrows

⇄ \rightleftarrows

\upharpoonleft և \twoheadleftarrow

⇚ \Lleftarrow

⇛ \Rrightarrow

\upharpoonright ֋ \leftarrowtail

։ \twoheadrightarrow

\downharpoonleft ⇌ \leftrightharpoons

֌ \rightarrowtail

\downharpoonright \Lsh

⇋ \rightleftharpoons

\rightsquigarrow " \looparrowleft

\Rsh

! \leftrightsquigarrow x \curvearrowleft

# \looparrowright

y \curvearrowright

\circlearrowleft

\circlearrowright

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Table 3.16: AMS Negated Binary Relations and Arrows. ≮ \nless

' \varsupsetneqq " \nsubseteqq

\nleqslant # \nsupseteqq

\gneqq

\nmid

\lvertneqq ∦ \nparallel

\nshortmid

\nshortparallel ≨ \lnapprox

⋪ \ntriangleleft \varsubsetneq

) \supsetneq

⋫ \ntriangleright * \nsubseteq

! \varsupsetneq

5 \ntrianglelefteq $ \subsetneqq

= \nleftrightarrow : \nLeftarrow

Table 3.17: AMS Binary Operators. ∔ \dotplus

⊺ \intercal ⋉ \ltimes

> \divideontimes ⋒ \Cup or \doublecup ⋓ \Cap or \doublecap r \smallsetminus ⊻ \veebar

⋊ \rtimes

[ \doublebarwedge ⊞ \boxplus

⊼ \barwedge

⊖ \circleddash ⊠ \boxtimes

⊟ \boxminus

⊚ \circledcirc ⋋ \leftthreetimes

g \curlyvee

f \curlywedge

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Table 3.18: AMS Miscellaneous.

k \Bbbk s \circledS △ \vartriangle

~ \hbar

ℏ \hslash

∁ \complement ▽ \triangledown

N \blacktriangle

a \Game ♦ \lozenge

H \blacktriangledown

⋆ \bigstar ∠ \angle

∡ \measuredangle

∢ \sphericalangle

8 \backprime ∄ \nexists

∅ \varnothing ð \eth

` \Finv

✵ \mho

Table 3.19: Math Alphabets.

Example Command Required package ABCdef

\mathrm{ABCdef}

ABCdef

\mathit{ABCdef}

ABCdef \mathnormal{ABCdef} ABC

\mathcal{ABC}

ABC

\mathcal{ABC}

eucal with option: mathcal or

eucal with option: mathscr ABCdef

\mathscr{ABC}

\mathfrak{ABCdef}

eufrak

ABC

\mathbb{ABC}

amsfonts or amssymb

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