LATEX MATH SYMBOLS
The math or mathematical symbol are those symbols, which are used as an intermediate to perform the mathematical functions. The variables and functions in mathematics are used for various purposes.
The command $ is recommended as the math mode. The input commands mentioned below are inserted between the $ to produce the corresponding output.
The most used math type commands are given below:
| Input commands | Output (math mode) | Input commands | Output (math mode) |
|---|---|---|---|
| | | ‖ | leq | ≤ |
| alpha | α | lnot | ¬ |
| ast | * | mid | | |
| bigodot | ʘ | mu | µ |
| approx | ≈ | pm | ± |
| bullet | ● | P | ¶ |
| copyright | © | div | ÷ |
| Box | □ | prod | ∏ |
| downarrow | ↓ | perp | ꓕ |
| delta | ∆ | sqrt | √ |
| geq | ≥ | int | ∫ |
| gets | ← | oe | œ |
| gg | » | mho | Ʊ |
| infty | ∞ | deg | deg |
Other popular math symbols are:
| Output | Input Commands |
|---|---|
| ± | pm |
| ∞ | infty |
| ≠ | neq |
| = | eq |
| ~ | sim |
| × | times |
| ÷ | div |
| ∝ | propto |
| < | less |
| ≤ | leq |
| ≪ | ll |
| > | gtr |
| ≫ | gg |
| ∂ | partial |
| ∓ | mp |
| ≅ | cong |
| ≈ | approx |
| ≡ | equiv |
| ∀ | forall |
| ∁ | complement |
| + | plus |
| √ | surd |
| θ | theta |
| ∪ | cup |
| ∩ | cap |
| ∅ | phi |
| ∆ | traingle |
| ∇ | nabla |
| ∃ | exists |
| ∄ | nexists |
| ∈ | in |
| ∋ | ni |
| ← | leftarrow |
| ↑ | uparrow |
| ¬ | neq |
| ∴ | therefore |
| ↔ | leftrightarrow |
| ∎ | blacksquare |
| ⋱ | ddots |
| ⋯ | cdots |
| ⋮ | vdots |
| diagdown | |
| / | diagup |
| ꭥ | ohm |
| ℵ | aleph |
| ℘ | wp |
| ∠ | angle |
| ♣ | clubsuit |
| ♠ | spadesuit |
| ♦ | blacklozenge |
| ⊕ | oplus |
| ln | ln |
| log | log |
| ϴ | ominus |
| ʃ | int |
| ℓ | ell |
| ℗ | circledP |
| ℵ | aleph |
| ℶ | beth |
| ℏ | hslash |
| ℜ | Re |
| ℕ | N |
| ℝ | R |
| ℚ | Q |
| ℤ | Z |
| ↺ | circlearrowleft |
| ↻ | circlearrowright |
| ↶ | curvearrowleft |
| ↷ | curvearrowright |
| ⇊ | downdownarrows |
| ↩ | hookleftarrow |
| ↪ | hookrightarrow |
| ↫ | looparrowleft |
Some other commonly used symbols are listed in the below table:
| Symbol | Commands |
|---|---|
| ∮ | oint |
| ∬ | iint |
| ∭ | iiint |
| ∩ | cap |
| ∪ | cup |
| ≑ | doteqdot |
| ≖ | eqcirc |
| ≗ | circeq |
| ≍ | asymp |
| ≲ | lesssim |
| ≳ | gtrsim |
| ⊂ | subset |
| ⊃ | supset |
| ≒ | fallingdotseq |
| ≎ | Bumpeq |
| ⊆ | subseteq |
| ⊇ | supseteq |
| ⊈ | nsubseteq |
| ⊉ | nsupseteq |
| ⊏ | sqsubset |
| ⊐ | sqsupset |
| ⊑ | sqsubseteq |
| ⊒ | sqsupseteq |
| ⊓ | sqcap |
| ⊔ | sqcup |
| ⊗ | otimes |
| ⊖ | ominus |
| ⊘ | oslash |
| ⊠ | boxtimes |
| ⊡ | boxdot |
| ⋬ | ntrainglelefteq |
| ⦾ | circledcirc |
| ⨄ | uplus |
| ⊛ | circledast |
Greek Symbols
The Greek symbols are listed below:
| Symbols | Input Commands |
|---|---|
| α | alpha |
| β | beta |
| γ | gamma |
| δ | delta |
| ε | varepsilon |
| ϵ | epsilon |
| ϑ | vartheta |
| μ | mu |
| π | pi |
| ρ | rho |
| σ | sigma |
| τ | tau |
| φ | varphi |
| ω | omega |
| χ | chi |
| Π | prod |
| Σ | sum |
| Λ | wedge |
| V | vee |
| η | eta |
| ς | varsigma |
| ζ | zeta |
| λ | lambda |
| ϒ | Upsilon |
| ϖ | varpi |
Trigonometric functions
The trigonometric functions are listed in the table below:
| Functions | Commands |
|---|---|
| cos | cos |
| sin | sin |
| tan | tan |
| cot | cot |
| sec | sec |
| cosec | cosec |
| csc | csc |
| arcsin | arcsin |
| arccos | arccos |
| arctan | arctan |
| arcsec | arcsec |
| arccot | arccot |
| sinh | sinh |
| cosh | cosh |
| tanh | tanh |
Brackets The brackets in your document are used for various purposes. Let’s consider an alphabet a, to understand the format of brackets. The brackets are listed in the below table:
| Brackets | Input commands |
|---|---|
| ⟨a | langle |
| a⟩ | rangle |
| { | lbrace |
| } | rbrace |
| | | lvert |
| | | rvert |
| ‖a | lVert |
| a‖ | rVert |
| ⌊a | lfloor |
| a⌋ | rfloor |
| ⌈a | lceil |
| 4⌉ | rceil |