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Is a cupdot symbol available in amsmath? [duplicate]

I'm looking for a command in amsmath that makes something like \cupdot in MnSymbol (I hope spell it right...). Look at the picture below: i.e. a command that puts a dot instead of the "+". One ...
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How to create subset with sim symbol

I've been trying to typeset as an operator the symbol ⫇ (\subset on top a \sim), but the following solutions have not been helpful ⫇ does not seem to be listed in symbols-a4.pdf, so detexify does ...
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stmaryrd and boldsymbol: avoid warnings

Here are two examples: 1 \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} $\boldsymbol x$ \end{document} 2 \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} ...
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Checkmark error in amsmath [duplicate]

This page says that amsmath supports the \checkmark symbol. However, when I try to implement this \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} $\checkmark$ \end{document} ...
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How can I make an overset symbol at the same size and height as \bar except with a different symbol?

Apologies for the cryptic title, but I was not sure how best to phrase the question in one sentence. I am essentially trying the create a vector symbol with \rightharpoonup as the top instead of the ...
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Move QED symbol to the left, i.e. at the end of the sentence

I want to make the qed symbol at the end of a proof appear at the end of the last sentence, not at the far right of the same line. Would like to do this the simplest way possible. All I can find ...
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'Nudging' overset characters downwards

I am trying to make a vector-like symbol to use in a paper I'm writing. I am actually able to make almost exactly what I want in Mathematica, in which it looks like this: In TeX I am using ...
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Setting two math symbols directly above each other and vertically aligned

I am typesetting the Neyman Pearson decision rule and would like to set the greater than > and smaller than < symbols directly above each other. I tried \overset but that doesn't align the ...
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Creating a \precneq symbol

Going through the comprehensive symbols list, and also Detexify, we see that through various packages (mostly amssymb) we can get the symbols \prec Precedes. Unicode U+227A: ≺ \preceq Precedes or ...
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Using \leftroot{}, \uproot{} with closed square root symbol

As mentioned in this answer to Nice-looking p-th roots the amsmath package provides \leftroot{} and \uproot{} which allow you to move the position of the root to the left, and up in small increments. ...
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\hbar new letter

I would want to know in which package the symbol \hbar is defined. In fact I ask this because I need to create a letter like \hbar but with 'k' instead of 'h'.
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Underbrace under sqrt content

I am trying to use underbrace to clarify the arguments to a sqrt. However this causes the square root sign to reach all the way down to the bottom of the text under the brace(s), which is not what I ...
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Tagging equations with three \ast

I want to tag some equations with \ast, for \ast and \ast \ast it's good, but for the third I would like to have the three \ast placed like in a triangle, so two \ast at the bottom and the third in ...
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Any reason why \blacksquare and \box are causing errors?

I am using the amsmath package. I just want a black box at the end of a proof, right-justified. \blacksquare and \box both cause errors. Actually, I'd prefer a musical quarter note if that's ...
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Best way to typeset the identity operator, or unit? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Blackboard bold characters I have seen the unit (or identity operator) typeset via \newcommand{\unit}{1\!\!1} Is this really the best way to get a double-stroke 1? ...
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Extendible \cong congruence sign

This question is very similar to Extendible equals sign but the solutions given there do not apply immediately. At times I woud like to clarify the nature of a mathematical congruence. So I have ...
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\varnothing 'undefined control sequence'

I am using amsmath and all of my math symbols are appearing using $ $ block but \varnothing is undefined. \emptyset works but its symbol is a bit different than \varnothing Note: images taken from ...
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String/vector concatenation symbol

I'm looking for a math symbol to represent the concatenation of two vectors: if x = (x1, x2) and y = (y1, y2) then x ? y = (x1, x2, y1, y2). I'm not very much at home in vector calculus, so I don't ...
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Minimum length for \xrightarrow

I want to place text over arrows. The obvious choice is to use the amsmath command \xrightarrow{#1} However, sometimes the text above may be a single digit: %Example 1 \xrightarrow{1} other times ...
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text over/under implies arrow

I'm currently trying to write over/under an implies arrow in LaTeX (in math mode): \implies_{text} This places the text lower, but next to the arrow, not below it. How can I get it below the ...
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Extendible equals sign

I have a command that has been floating around in my standard preamble for a while: \newcommand{\xeq}[1]{\stackrel{\;#1}{\cleaders\hbox{=\!}\hfill}\:} It is meant to mimic the AMS-LaTeX extendible ...
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Mathematical symbol for disjoint set union

In our lecture script, we use the notion of disjoint set union. It uses a special symbol to differentiate the disjoint from the usual set union, where we add an extra dot inside of the \cup symbol. Is ...
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Enhanced \oint to emphasize circulation

I'm looking for a symbol that merges \iint and \oint together (a dedicated package, if it could exist, would provide something like \oiint and \oiiint). The purpose of \oint is to show that the ...