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Math Symbols Commonly Used in Latex

GREEK LETTERS
Symbols Latex Command
$\alpha$ \alpha
$\beta$ \beta
$\gamma$ \gamma
$\delta$ \delta
$\epsilon$ \epsilon
$\varepsilon$ \varepsilon
$\zeta$ \zeta
$\eta$ \eta
$\theta$ \theta
$\vartheta$ \vartheta
$\iota$ \iota
$\kappa$ \kappa
$\lambda$ \lambda
$\mu$ \mu
$\nu$ \nu
$\xi$ \xi
$\pi$ \pi
$\varpi$ \varpi
$\rho$ \rho
$\varrho$ \varrho
$\sigma$ \sigma
$\varsigma$ \varsigma
$\tau$ \tau
$\upsilon$ \upsilon
$\phi$ \phi
$\varphi$ \varphi
$\chi$ \chi
$\psi$ \psi
$\omega$ \omega
$\Gamma$ \Gamma
$\Delta$ \Delta
$\Theta$ \Theta
$\Lambda$ \Lambda
$\Xi$ \Xi
$\Pi$ \Pi
$\Sigma$ \Sigma
$\Upsilon$ \Upsilon
$\Phi$ \Phi
$\Psi$ \Psi
$\Omega$ \Omega

BINARY OPERATION SYMBOLS
Symbols Latex Command
$\pm$ \pm
$\mp$ \mp
$\times$ \times
$\div$ \div
$\ast$ \ast
$\star$ \star
$\circ$ \circ
$\bullet$ \bullet
$\setminus$ \setminus
$\cdot$ \cdot
$\diamond$ \diamond
$\bigtriangleup$ \bigtriangleup
$\bigtriangledown$ \bigtriangledown
$\ominus$ \ominus
$\sqcap$ \sqcap
$\wr$ \wr
$\triangleleft$ \triangleleft
$\triangleright$ \triangleright
$\lhd$ \lhd
$\rhd$ \rhd
$\unlhd$ \unlhd
$\unrhd$ \unrhd
$\oslash$ \oslash
$\bigcirc$ \bigcirc
$\odot$ $\bigodot$ \odot \bigodot
$\oplus$ $\bigoplus$ \oplus \bigoplus
$\uplus$ $\biguplus$ \uplus \biguplus
$\otimes$ $\bigotimes$ \otimes \bigotimes
$\sqcup$ $\bigsqcup$ \sqcup \bigsqcup
$\cap$ $\bigcap$ \cap \bigcap
$\cup$ $\bigcup$ \cup \bigcup
$\vee$ $\bigvee$ \vee \bigvee
$\wedge$ $\bigwedge$ \wedge \bigwedge

RELATION SYMBOLS
Symbols Latex Command
$\leq$ \leq
$\prec$ \prec
$\preceq$ \preceq
$\ll$ \ll
$\subset$ \subset
$\subseteq$ \subseteq
$\in$ \in
$\vdash$ \vdash
$\geq$ \geq
$\succ$ \succ
$\succeq$ \succeq
$\gg$ \gg
$\supset$ \supset
$\supseteq$ \supseteq
$\ni$ \ni
$\dashv$ \dashv
$\equiv$ \equiv
$\sim$ \sim
$\simeq$ \simeq
$\approx$ \approx
$\doteq$ \doteq
$\propto$ \propto
$\cong$ \cong
$\neq$ \neq
$\models$ \models
$\top$ \top
$\perp$ \perp
$\parallel$ \parallel
$\sqsubset$ \sqsubset
$\sqsubseteq$ \sqsubseteq
$\sqsupset$ \sqsupset
$\sqsupseteq$ \sqsupseteq
$\asymp$ \asymp
$\mid$ \mid
$\bowtie$ \bowtie
$\Join$ \Join
$\smile$ \smile
$\frown$ \frown

ARROW SYMBOLS
Symbols Latex Command
$\leftarrow$ \leftarrow
$\Leftarrow$ \Leftarrow
$\rightarrow$ \rightarrow
$\Rightarrow$ \Rightarrow
$\leftrightarrow$ \leftrightarrow
$\Leftrightarrow$ \Leftrightarrow
$\mapsto$ \mapsto
$\longleftarrow$ \longleftarrow
$\Longleftarrow$ \Longleftarrow
$\longrightarrow$ \longrightarrow
$\Longrightarrow$ \Longrightarrow
$\longleftrightarrow$ \longleftrightarrow
$\Longleftrightarrow$ \Longleftrightarrow
$\uparrow$ \uparrow
$\Uparrow$ \Uparrow
$\hookleftarrow$ \hookleftarrow
$\hookrightarrow$ \hookrightarrow
$\leftharpoonup$ \leftarpoonup
$\rightharpoonup$ \rightharpoonup
$\leftharpoondown$ \leftharpoondown
$\rightharpoondown$ \rightharpoondown
$\rightleftharpoons$ \rightleftharpoons
$\leadsto$ \leadsto
$\Updownarrow$ \Updownarrow
$\nearrow$ \nearrow
$\searrow$ \searrow
$\swarrow$ \swarrow
$\nwarrow$ \nwarrow
$\downarrow$ \downarrow
$\Downarrow$ \Downarrow

MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS
Symbols Latex Command
$\dag $ \dag
$\pounds$ \pounds
$\ddag $ \ddag
$\copyright$ \copyright
$\aleph$ \aleph
$\hbar$ \hbar
$\imath$ \imath
$\jmath$ \jmath
$\ell$ \ell
$\wp$ \wp
$\Re$ \Re
$\Im$ \Im
$\mho$ \mho
$\emptyset$ \emptyset
$\angle$ \angle
$\forall$ \forall
$\exists$ \exists
$\neg$ \neg
$\partial$ \partial
$\infty$ \infty
$\Box$ \Box
$\sum$ \sum
$\prod$ \prod
$\coprod$ \coprod
$\int$ \int
$\oint$ \oint
$\S$ \S
$\char93 $ \#
$\$$ \$
$\%$ \%
\p
$\Diamond$ \Diamond
$\clubsuit$ \clubsuit
$\diamondsuit$ \diamondsuit
$\heartsuit$ \heartsuit
$\spadesuit$ \spadesuit
$\surd$ \surd
$\prime$ \prime
& \&
_ \_

ACCENTS IN BOTH NORMAL AND MATH MODE
Symbols Latex Command
Normal Mode Math Mode
õ \~{o} \tilde{o}
ó \'{o} \acute{o}
ô \^{o} \hat{o}
ö \"{o} \ddot{o}
ò \`{o} \grave{o}
o \={o} \bar{o}
o \.{o} \dot{o}
o \u{o} \breve{o}
o \v{o} \check{o}
o \H{o}  
oo \t{oo}  
o \c{o}  
o \d{o}  
$\vec{o}$   \vec{o}
$\b{o}$ \b{o}  

FOREIGN SYMBOLS
Symbols Latex Command Symbols Latex Command
\oe \oe \OE \OE
æ \ae Æ \AE
å \aa Å \AA
ø \o Ø \O
\l \l \L \L
ß \ss ¿ \?`

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

DELIMITERS
Symbols Latex Command
( ) ( )
[ ] [ ]
{ } \{ \}
$\lfloor$ $\rfloor$ \lfloor \rfloor
$\lceil$ $\rceil$ \lceil \rceil
$\langle$ $\rangle$ \langle \rangle
/ $\backslash$ / \backslash
| $\Vert$ | \|
$\uparrow$ \uparrow
$\downarrow$ \downarrow
$\updownarrow$ \updownarrow
$\Uparrow$ \Uparrow
$\Downarrow$ \Downarrow
$\Updownarrow$ \Updownarrow


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