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Basic (Built-in) \(\LaTeX\) Symbols
\(\bullet\) All the codes presented below should be written in math-mode as shown in the following Minimum Working Example (MWE):
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\(\bullet\) Be note that we are using only one $ for each side of the first math equation. The reason is to place that equation in the text.
I. Hats, Bars, Accents, Fractions, and Powers:
\hat{a} | \check{a} | \breve{a} | |||
\acute{a} | \grave{a} | \tilde{a} | |||
\bar{a} | \vec{a} | \dot{a} | |||
\ddot{a} | \widetilde{abc} | \widehat{abc} | |||
\overleftarrow{abc} | \overrightarrow{abc} | \overline{abc} | |||
\underline{abc} | \overbrace{abc} | \underbrace{abc} | |||
\frac{abc}{xyz} OR
abc \over xyz |
x^{k} | x_{k} |
II. Greek Letters:
\Gamma | \Delta | \Theta | |||
\Lambda | \Xi | \Pi | |||
\Sigma | \Upsilon | \Phi | |||
\Psi | \Omega | \alpha | |||
\beta | \gamma | \delta | |||
\epsilon | \varepsilon | \zeta | |||
\eta | \theta | \vartheta | |||
\iota | \kappa | \lambda | |||
\mu | \nu | \xi | |||
o | \pi | \varpi | |||
\rho | \varrho | \sigma | |||
\varsigma | \tau | \upsilon | |||
\phi | \varphi | \chi | |||
\psi | \omega |
III. Math Symbols:
\sum | \prod | \coprod | |||
\sum_{k=1}^N | \prod_{i=1}^{\aleph} | \coprod_{j=s}^{\Omega} | |||
\int | \oint | \int_a^b | |||
\prime | \partial | \nabla | |||
\frac{d y}{d x} | f^{\prime} OR
f' |
\dot{y} | |||
\dot{y}\Big|_{x=z} | \partial y \over \partial x | \nabla f | |||
\cap OR \bigcap |
\cup OR \bigsqcup |
\sqcap | |||
\sqcup OR \bigsqcup |
\vee OR \bigvee |
\wedge OR \bigwedge |
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\odot OR \bigodot |
\otimes OR \bigotimes |
\oplus OR \bigoplus |
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\circ OR \bigcirc |
\ominus | \oslash | |||
\uplus OR \biguplus |
< | > | |||
\leq | \geq | \prec | |||
\succ | \preceq | \succeq | |||
\ll | \gg | \subset | |||
\supset | \subseteq | \supseteq | |||
\sqsubseteq | \sqsupseteq | \exists | |||
\in | \notin | \ni | |||
\vdash | \dashv |
\perp OR \bot |
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\top | \smile | \frown | |||
\models | \infty | \propto | |||
\bowtie | \amalg | = | |||
\equiv | \sim | \simeq | |||
\asymp | \approx | \cong | |||
\ni | \doteq | - | |||
+ | \pm | \mp | |||
\times | \cdot | \div | |||
\setminus OR \backslash |
\not | \diamond | |||
! | \triangleleft | \triangleright | |||
\triangle OR \bigtriangleup |
\bigtriangledown | \mid | |||
\parallel |
\angle | 7\angle{5^\circ} | |||
\sqrt{} | \sqrt{x} | \sqrt[3]{65} | |||
\emptyset | \forall | \wp | |||
\hbar | \imath | \jmath | |||
\ell | \Im | \Re | |||
\aleph | \neg |
IV. Extra Characters:
\bullet | \star | \wr | |||
\ast OR * |
\dagger OR \dag |
\ddagger OR \ddag |
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\flat | \natural | \sharp | |||
\S | \$ | \pounds | |||
\copyright | \| | \P | |||
\clubsuit | \diamondsuit | \heartsuit | |||
\spadesuit | \surd | \vdots | |||
\ddots | \ldots | \cdots |
V. Arrows:
\nearrow | \searrow | \nwarrow | |||
\swarrow | \rightarrow | \longrightarrow | |||
\leftarrow | \longleftarrow | \leftrightarrow | |||
\longleftrightarrow | \mapsto | \longmapsto | |||
\Rightarrow | \Longrightarrow | \Leftarrow | |||
\Longleftarrow | \Leftrightarrow | \Longleftrightarrow | |||
\hookrightarrow | \hookleftarrow | \rightharpoonup | |||
\rightharpoondown | \leftharpoonup | \leftharpoondown | |||
\uparrow | \downarrow | \updownarrow | |||
\Uparrow | \Downarrow | \Updownarrow | |||
\rightleftharpoons |
VI. Brackets and Parentheses:
\(\bullet\) The default symbols can be written by using the following codes:
( | ) | [ | ] | ||||
\{ | \} | \lfloor | \rfloor | ||||
\lceil | \rceil | < | > | ||||
\langle | \rangle | / | \backslash | ||||
| | \| |
\(\bullet\) The size of the brackets and parentheses given above can be manually adjusted as follows:
\big( \Big( \bigg( \Bigg( | \Bigg) \bigg) \Big) \big) | ||
\big[ \Big[ \bigg[ \Bigg[ | \Bigg] \bigg] \Big] \big] | ||
\big\{ \Big\{ \bigg\{ \Bigg\{ | \Bigg\} \bigg\} \Big\} \big\} | ||
\big| \Big| \bigg| \Bigg| | \Bigg| \bigg| \Big| \big| |
\(\bullet\) Thus, if the equation is bigger than the height of the brackets and parentheses default sizes, then we should adjust their height. This can be done manually as follows:
[\frac{x}{y}] | [\frac{x}{y} | ||
\big[\frac{x}{y}\big] | \big[\frac{x}{y} | ||
\Big[\frac{x}{y}\Big] | \Big[\frac{x}{y} | ||
\bigg[\frac{x}{y}\bigg] | \bigg[\frac{x}{y} | ||
\Bigg[\frac{x}{y}\Bigg] | \Bigg[\frac{x}{y} |
\(\bullet\) The other way to adjust the sizes is to use the automatic commands as follows:
[\frac{x}{y}] | [\frac{x}{y} | ||
\left[\frac{x}{y}\right] | \left[\frac{x}{y}\right. |
VII. Cases and Matrices:
\(\bullet\) For cases, they are usually used to describe stepwise functions. Two MWEs are given below:
\(\bullet\) For cases, they can be written by different ways, such as using tabular and array methods as given in the following two MWEs:
VIII. Functions:
\arccos | \arcsin | \arctan | |||
\arg | \cos | \cosh | |||
\cot | \coth | \csc | |||
\det | \dim | \exp | |||
\gcd | \hom | \inf | |||
\ker | \lg | \lim | |||
\liminf | \limsup | \ln | |||
\log | \max | \min | |||
\sec | \sin | \sinh | |||
\sup | \tan | \tanh | |||
\cos^{-1} | \sin^{-1} | \tan^{-1} | |||
\csc^{-1} | \sec^{-1} | \cot^{-1} |
\(\bullet\) Two simple MWEs are given below:
IX. Texts in Math-Mode:
\(\bullet\) Using the command \mathcal{} gives the following:
\mathcal{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ} |
\mathcal{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} |
As can be clearly seen, \mathcal{} does not support small letters.
\(\bullet\) Using the command \mathbf{} gives the following:
\mathbf{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ} |
\mathbf{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} |
\(\bullet\) Using the command \mathrm{} gives the following:
\mathrm{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ} |
\mathrm{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} |
\(\bullet\) Using the command \hbox{} gives the following:
\hbox{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ} |
\hbox{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} |
It is obvious that the command \hbox{} displays the same font style of the command \mathrm{}. Actually, the command \hbox is used in some \(\LaTeX\) programs (such as WinEdit) when calling their built-in or ready-to-use functions \(\rightarrow\) like equations with cases (i.e., stepwise functions); as seen before.