Questions tagged [amssymb]
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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\because and \therefore symbols do not follow \boldmath
I am having a trouble trying to bold a series of math equations using \boldmath command. All equations symbols seem to bold fine except \because and \therefore. To bold them I have to additionally use ...
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Consistent way to typeset modality symbols
In logic, modalities are often represented by a geometric symbol before a proposition, where the choice of the shape is strongly determined by tradition.
amsfonts and amssymb provides various symbols ...
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Place the QED symbol for a proof that ends with a figure on the same line of the figure caption
I have a figure at the end of a proof environment (see MWE below). I would like to have the QED symbol that ends the proof on the same line of the figure caption. Placing \qedhere after or inside \...
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Boxtimes and otimes have different thickness
The amssymb package provides the symbols \otimes and \boxtimes. However, the \boxtimes symbol is way thicker than the \otimes symbol. This looks odd if both symbols appear close to each other. Is ...
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Not exists in with arev?
I want to use the arev font for math. I noticed that the \nexists symbol does not render properly. Is it possible for me to use this font while having access to any special symbols that may be missing ...
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\varnothing no different from \emptyset [duplicate]
I don't understand why \varnothing looks exactly the same than \emptyset in this MWE:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,french]{article}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\...
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Are stmaryrd and stix packages compatibile?
I would like to know if stmaryrd and stix package are mutually compatibile and even if they are compatible with the packages I use into the following code: indeed, I see that \Lbag and \Rbag ...
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breqn makes sub \theta_{1} partially erased
The following code with breqn package makes \theta_1 partially erased as in the figure. Is there anyway to keep breqn package and avoid this error? I am using breqn package and these symbols in my ...
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Harmonic number symbol
The harmonic series symbol is often denoted by H in LaTeX, that looks like this:
On Knuth's Concrete Mathematics book, the symbol looks like this:
The book used AMS Euler as the typesetting font, ...
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Vertical alignment of \underset
I have an equation like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
My equation is $X \overset{A}{\underset{B}{\rightleftarrows}} Y$.
\end{document}
but ...
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Use \prec from AMS
My math font is mathabx. I love this font, but I have to use < and \prec, and both symbols are so similar in this font.
Therefore, I'm trying to use \prec from cmr (AMS symbol) to make it different....
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Problem in compiling the .tex file while using \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath} in TeXstudio (edited)
Me and my professor together writing a paper for IEEE Transactions on signal processing. He gave me my paper's .tex and .pdf files to make some changes. But I could not compile the given .tex file ...
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How to adjust long (multiline equation) in two columns using IEEEtrans class
Following the answer given here, I am trying to adjust long multiline equations. However, when I try to add more equations, the solution doesn't seems to be working in my case. I want an output ...
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How to achieve uppercase Digamma in LaTeX
For example, what I want to use is the \Digmma symbol
But LaTeX does not have this symbol,
Hope you can make it happen, that is Ϝ This symbol!
Take a look at the picture below:
That's right, this is ...
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How to type all math alphanumeric symbols in Unicode in LaTeX?
Take a look at the picture below:
This is the Unicode I want to use!
PDF address: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D400.pdf
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Different type of \sum symbol [duplicate]
This is what I have:
and this is what I need (picture taken from a beamer document):
I'd like to know the font that is being used in the second picture for the \sum command. Some of my code is this:
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Is there any difference between \square and \Box?
Here is my document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
$ \square \Box $
\end{document}
Both produce boxes that look exactly similar to me. Is there any difference ...
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Get a proper double-struck one while using amsmath
I am using the amssymb package and from time to time I want to print a proper looking double-struck digit 1 as I could get by using the bbold package.
However they both are using the \mathbb{} ...
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Aligning equations inside separate \begin[split] functions
I am trying to include a couple split environments inside an align environment, and I was wondering if there was any way to align the equations inside the split environment with the equations outside ...
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Why does my \hbar look like this?
This \hbar is ugly with the bar too high and too left
This is what I want
My settings are:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{default}
\usecolortheme{seahorse}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\...
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Typographic mark (komejirushi) used in Chinese/Japanese/Korean [duplicate]
I was looking for this symbol ※ (more information). The closest I found is \divideontimes from \usepackage{amssymb}, but it replaces the horizontal dots by a line.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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How can I type the following in Overleaf? [closed]
How can I type the above in overleaf ?
Here is my MWE
\documentclass[english,12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[left=1.5cm, right=1.5cm, top=1.5cm, bottom=1.5cm]{geometry}
\...
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Symbol for \gg or equal
I need to (well, want to) use a symbol that is to \gg what \ge is to >: ,,\gg or equal``, if you will.
The obvious, quick-and-dirty solution was the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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Equations: \Bigg[ not compiling around three conditions as I'd imagine. Alternative to \Bigg[?
How can I place the three conditions aligned within the curly brackets, sum and square brackets?
I want this:
But I get this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
\begin{document}
\...
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Fourier transform fancy "f"
I have seen \mathfrak{F}, \mathcal{F} and \mathscr{F}, but none of those render the fancy fourier f given in the figure above. Is there any package for that?
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Unable to get Weierstrass p symbol in latex
I am trying to write the symbol $\wp$ in springer template, but I am getting output 'wp' instead of the symbol (amssymb and amsmath are also installed). Can anyone please help!
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Why can't my LaTeX find bbm font other than some specific size?
So, I'm using bbm package to extend the original \mathbb{} from amssymb to the non-capital-alphabet region. This works fine in the ordinary part. But, when I try to change the size of the math mode, ...
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Using $\mathfrak$ for digits in XeTeX
I'm working on a XeTeX document and want to typeset digits or to be more precise, 1 and 0 as truth values in Fraktur via \mathfrak. I tried several tweaks and none helped. Would anyone know a ...
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Importing only pitchfork symbol from mathabx package while working with amssymb package
I am using this answer to make transversality symbol. It gives as I am using amssymb. But, if I use the package mathabx and slightly modify(changed package, \lineskip-.57ex) the answer, it shows.
Now,...
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Symbol distance of double, triple, etc. integrals of CM
Just a curiosity:
why in Computer Modern (and I think in other some fonts) the double integral signs have a high distance of default?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{...
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Newly-Defined Scaled Bullet Point Not Being Scaled When Invoking New Definition
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{scalefnt}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\newcommand{\m}{\textcolor{blue}{{\scalefont{1.00}{\maltese}}}}
\newcommand{\M}{\textcolor{blue}{...
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Shrinking of union or intersection symbol for the intervals
We use this very short MWE as an example. It surprises me that when constructing intervals with union or intersection symbols, LaTeX does not provide a minimum of space between a square bracket and ...
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double struck letters. Mine look weird using stix2. clash with amssymb
I want to use stix2 to make this adjustable symbol $\rParen$, , but it changes my $\mathbb{Z}$ from this to this $\mathbb{Z}$ . I tried using the package mathbbol to use $\Rparen$ so that I didn't ...
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Creating new symbols in amssymb package
In the amssymb package, there are the \precapprox and \precnapprox symbols. But there isn't a \nprecapprox symbol. How can I create one?
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Slanted version of the symbols \gtreqqless and \lesseqqgtr
I was looking the list of the symbols but I think that this that I have created with Windows Paint not exist?
It is the slanted version of the symbols \gtreqqless and \lesseqqgtr of amssymb.
Is it ...
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Tensor package with the calligraphic characters
I have seen the documentation of tensor package. It is true that are necessary only the indices....but is it possible to use with this package the calligraphic characters like this MWE?
\documentclass[...
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An alternative to the symbol \modtwosum of stix package [duplicate]
This is a trivial question. We know that in the table 72: Variable-sized Math Operators to the pag. 40, we have the symbol for the line integral of a closed path named \oint for the circuiting.
\...
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How to get the same size for all the characters in an equation?
I need to have the same size for all characters inside an equation. I did some research and i found a solution using align* instead of equation but in my case it doesn't work, I need to use equation.
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Problem with formatting expectation using a command [duplicate]
Here's the minimal example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\newcommand{\bbE}[1][X]{\mathbb{E}\left[#1\right]}
\begin{document}
Working:
$\bbE[XY]$
Broken:
$...
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Not dot equivalent
I found \doteq and \neq/\ne but i am searching for a combination of those two.
Something like \dotneq or \dotne, which both don't seem to work.
I can use \dot{\ne} but that puts the dot way up.
I also ...
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Anticlockwise or clockwise symbol (90°, 180°, 270°, 360°) in the caption
I have this MWE:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[labelformat=simple]{caption}
\usepackage[...
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Multiple errors on math equation
Being relatively new to Latex, I try to implement the following expression:
To do so, I used the following code (while using the amssymb package):
\(
\textbf{Y} = (\textbf{Y\textsubscript{\emph{v}}})...
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How to make a variable-sized \nmid symbol for "does not divide"?
For a variable-sized bar denoting "a divides b", I normally use \divides
\newcommand{\zerodel}{.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace} %removes extraneous spacing after \right etc.
\newcommand{\divides}[...
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Why is \nsim thicker than \sim?
Problem
For some reason, \nsim looks like a negated bold version of \sim, while I would expect it to look exactly like \sim with a slash on top of it.
Examples
This seems to happen with mathdesign:
\...
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amssymb: checkmark in a box
My question is motivated by the amssymb package not having a checkmark in a box symbol.
Fortunately, I have found in Creating Boxed Check Mark a way to create a checkmark in a box.
However, how to ...
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Generate these symbols with amssymb
I am trying to generate these symbols using amssymb:
Some of them don't show up, like the triangles. How can I reproduce them as close as possible?
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{...
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Can `newtxmath` be used with `amssymb` in PDFLaTeX?
Using PDFLaTeX, this MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
H
\end{document}
generates an error message
! LaTeX Error: ...
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Letter 'c' in math mode almost merges with the next symbol?
When typing the letter 'c' math mode I have the following problem, illustrated in the picture.
If we look on ab the spacing between the two letters seems normal, they seem like two separate letters ...
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How can I print three greater-than symbols after each other (>>>)?
I am using \texttt to write my code snippets in Courier font including \texttt{>>>}. If I compile, this is substituted to ». How can I prevent that from happening?
I am unable to escape with ...
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Getting errors by using \diameter from the amssymb package in an equation
I want to add the diameter symbol, as described there Diameter on Wikipedia in my equation:
begin{equation}
\diameter~Aufwand~in~\% = \frac{\diameter~Aufwand~in~ZE~f"ur~die~Testt"atigkeit}{\...
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