amssymb is a LaTeX package to provide access to the extra mathematics symbols of the fonts from the AMS (American Mathematical Society)
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How do I insert a backslash inside a mathematical statement?
I'm trying to write a set subtraction operation in an AMS formatted template. In the end, what I want should look like A\B. But I'm doing this in math-mode $A\B$ and this gives me errors. I've also ...
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How can I typeset a summation symbol with a two-line bottom? [duplicate]
I am using the amsmath and amssymb packages. Is it possible to type a summation with two lines of text under the symbol? Here is an screenshot example from a book I'm reading (which was clearly ...
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Typesetting Quine quotes
The obvious way of typesetting Quine quotes, also known as quasi-quotation marks, in LaTeX doesn't work well when the content of the quote is tall. For example:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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amsthm and amssymb disappeared after updating? [duplicate]
I had recently updated my MikTeX 2.9, but after I did that, two packages - amsthm and amssymb - disappeared. My editor outputs an error whenever I call them, and I can't find them in the package ...
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MinionPro conflicting with amssymb
I am using the package MinionPro. But I need some symbols, for example, \gnapprox and \mho, available on the package amssymb.
Well, here is my code (as minimal as possible):
\documentclass{report}
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What is the symbol “between” (≬) used for?
The amssymb package has a binary relation symbol named \between, which I have never come across.
What is it used for?
I found out from a compiler error when I tried to define a symbol named that way ...
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Why are \twoheadleftarrow and \leftarrow so different? [Sweave, listings]
I am wondering why the \twoheadleftarrow in the code below looks so much
different from (worse than) the \leftarrow, although according to the LaTeX symbol list, the arrow heads should be of the same ...
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Is there another symbol that is slightly different from \forall (likewise for \exists)?
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Is there a symbol that is slightly different from $\forall$ (e.g. having a second line from upper left to lower middle)? It should obviously mean "for all" but be sufficiently different to not ...
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How to prevent Beamer from loading amssymb and amsfonts?
I would like to use the mathdesign package and the charter font in my beamer presentation. But when using
\usepackage[charter,cal=cmcal]{mathdesign}
I get the following warnings (sic!):
Package ...
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Is there no good way to write \not\iff?
It always comes out funky, and I'd like to avoid \nLeftrightarrow. Is there any good way to negate the longer \iff double implication arrow?
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AMSsymb in ConTeXt
Where can I find some of the functionality, namely the symbols, from the LaTeX package AMSSymb in ConTeXt? For example, how do I place a \blacksquare? Is there an equivalent in ConTeXt? I didn't find ...
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How to use amssymb's \blackbox symbol
I have following problem - I want to use \blackbox in my file, which is provided by amssymb package. I use the following packages: babel, [T1]{fontenc}, [latin2]{inputenc}, none of which allows ...
