Chapter 4 - Symbols Dictionary

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OK, now I am going to show you the most used symbols in LaTeX. Consider that as a LaTeX dictionary, if you need some of those symbols do not hesitate to come back and take a look here.

Table 1 : Greek Letters

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\alpha \theta o \tau
\beta \vartheta \pi \upsilon
\gamma \gamma \varpi \phi
\delta \kappa \rho \varphi
\epsilon \lambda \varrho \chi
\varepsilon \mu \sigma \psi
\zeta \nu \varsigma \omega
\eta \xi

\Gamma \Lambda \Sigma \Psi
\Delta \Xi \Upsilon \Omega
\Theta \Pi \Phi

Table 2: Binary Operation Symbols

Binary Operation Symbols used in latex.gif (6.97 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

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


Table 3:Relation Symbols

Relation Symbols used in Latex.gif (6.78 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

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

Table 4:Punctuation Symbols

Punctuation symbols used in Latex.gif (1.46 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

, ; \colon \ldotp \cdotp

Table 5:Arrow Symbols

Arrow Symbols used in Latex.gif (9.04 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

\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$^b$

Table 6:Miscellaneous Symbols

Miscellaneous symbols used in Latex.gif (6.8 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

\ldots \cdots \vdots \ddots
\aleph \prime \forall \infty
\hbar \emptyset \exists \Box$^b$
\imath \nabla \neg \Diamond$^b$
\jmath \surd \flat \triangle
\ell \top \natural \clubsuit
\wp \bot \sharp \diamondsuit
\Re \| \backslash \heartsuit
\Im \angle \partial \spadesuit
\mho$^b$ . |

Table 7:Variable-sized Symbols

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

Table 8:Log-like Symbols

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

Table 9:Delimiters

Delimeters symbols used in Latex.gif (4.2 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

( ) \uparrow \Uparrow
[ ] \downarrow \Downarrow
\{ \} \updownarrow \Updownarrow
\lfloor \rfloor \lceil \rceil
\langle \rangle / \backslash
| \|


Table 10:Large Delimiters

Large Delimiters used in Latex.gif (2.68 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

\rmoustache \lmoustache \rgroup \lgroup
\arrowvert \Arrowvert \bracevert

Table 11:Math mode accents

Math mode accents symbols used in Latex.gif (2.94 KiB) Viewed 7540 times

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

Table 12:Some other constructions

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\widetilde{abc} \widehat{abc}
\overleftarrow{abc} \overrightarrow{abc}
\overline{abc} \underline{abc}
\overbrace{abc} \underbrace{abc}
\sqrt{abc} \sqrt[n]{abc}
$f'$ \frac{abc}{xyz}