Latex Symbol List

Chris Lee
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1 Greek Alphabet
Greek Letter Latex Script Package
alpha N.A.
A A N.A.
beta N.A.
B B N.A.
gamma N.A.
Gamma N.A.
delta N.A.
Delta N.A.
c epsilon N.A.
varepsilon N.A.
E E N.A.
zeta N.A.
Z Z N.A.
eta N.A.
H H N.A.
theta N.A.
vartheta N.A.
Theta N.A.
varTheta N.A.
iota N.A.
I I N.A.
kappa N.A.
varkappa N.A.
K K N.A.
lambda N.A.
Lambda N.A.
j mu N.A.
M M N.A.
nu N.A.
N N N.A.
Greek Letter Latex Script Package
xi N.A.
Xi N.A.
o o N.A.
O O N.A.
pi N.A.
c varpi N.A.
Pi N.A.
varPi N.A.
rho N.A.
varrho N.A.
P P N.A.
sigma N.A.
varsigma N.A.
Sigma N.A.
varSigma N.A.
tau N.A.
T T N.A.
upsilon N.A.
Upsilon N.A.
phi N.A.
varphi N.A.
Phi N.A.
varPhi N.A.
chi N.A.
X X N.A.
psi N.A.
Psi N.A.
omega N.A.
Omega N.A.
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2 Fonts
Font Latex Script Use Package
o::o| mathnormal Default font amsfonts
Normalnon italicized mathrm Default non-italicized font amsfonts
Italics mathit Italicized font amsfonts
Bold mathbf Bold for vectors amsfonts
BLACKBOARDBOLD mathbb Special number sets amsfonts
3 Accents and Other Symbols
Accents Other Symbols
Accent Latex Script
o

o hat

widehat
o vec

overrightarrow

overleftarrow
o tilde

widetilde
o bar
o underline
overline
o dot
o ddot
o mathring
` o grave
o acute
o breve
o check
,o not
Symbol Latex Script
partial
eth
hbar
imath
, jmath
infty
/ ell
wp
nabla
Box
1 Re
Im
aleph
beth
gimel
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4 Relators
Symbol Name Latex Script
< Less than <
Less than or equal to leq
Much less than ll
Greater than
Greater than or equal to geq
Much greater than gg
= Equals =
Denes equiv
Approximately equal approx

= Congruent cong
Similar simeq
Snake sim
Proportional propto
,= Not equal neq
Subset subset
Subset subseteq
Superset supset
Superset supseteq
| Parallel parallel
Not parallel nparallel
Perpindicular perp
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5 Brackets and Parenthesis
Symbol Latex Script
(...) left( ... right)
[...] left[ ... right]
... left ... right
[...[ left [ ... right[
...[... left < ... middle [ ... right
...| loor ... roor
,...| lceil ... rceil
... ulcorner ... urcorner
_
big(
_
Big(
_
bigg(
_
Bigg(
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6 Notation
Example Latex Script Package
r
y
x y
N.A.
r
y
xy N.A.
r
j
fracxy N.A.
_
r
j
_
binomxy N.A.
x
,y sfracxy N.A.
y

r
sqrt[y]x N.A.
lim
x
)(r) lim x to infty f(x) N.A.

i=0
j=0
r
i,j
sum substacki=0 j=0infty x i,j N.A.

i=0
r
i
prod i=0infty x i N.A.

0
j dr
int 0infty y: mathrmdx N.A.
b

a
intlimits ab N.A.

iint esint

oint N.A.
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Example Latex Script Package

oiint esint
"
varoiint esint

dotsint esint
r
o

1
0
left.fracxa right[ 01 N.A.
_
bigcup N.A.

bigcap N.A.
7 Matrices
Environment Name Outer Brackets
matrix None
pmatrix ( )
bmatrix [ ]
Bmatrix
vmatrix [ [
Vmatrix [[ [[
Allows custom column alignment
Example Latex Script
_
_
o / c
d c )
p / i
_
_
beginbmatrix
a & b & c
d & e & f
g & h & i
endbmatrix
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8 Operators and Set Notation
Symbol Latex Script
+ +
-
pm
mp
times
div
ast
star
dag
ddag
cup
cap
cdot
oplus
otimes
exists
nexists
forall
subset
supset
in
, notin
ni
Rightarrow
Leftrightarrow
mapsto
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9 Dots
Symbol Latex Script Package
. . .
ddots N.A.
. . .
ldots N.A.

cdots N.A.
.
.
.
vdots N.A.
.
.
.
ddots N.A.
.
.
. iddots mathdots
10 Horizontal Spacing
Latex Script Example Size
Xqquad Y A Y Double Quad
Xquad Y A Y Quad
X; Y A Y
5
,18 Quad
X: Y A Y
4
,18 Quad
X, Y A Y
3
,18 Quad
XY AY Control
X! Y AY
3
,18 Quad
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11 Equation Numbering
Using the equation environment, which requires the amsmath package, allows the equations
to be automatically numbered:
\begin{equation} \label{eq:Eulers Formula}
e^{\imath \pi} = -1
\end{equation}
c

= 1 (1)
The label command allows the equation to be referenced in the text. To reference the equa-
tion use either ref or the amsmath package version eqref: \ref{eq:Eulers Formula}:
1 or \eqref{eq:Eulers Formula}: (1).
In the preamble include \numberwithin{equation}{section} or \numberwithin{equ-
ation}{subsection} for more precise equation numberings.
Additionally equations that are similar can be labeled by letters as well as the same
number:
\begin{subequations}
\begin{align}
r^2 &= x^2 + y^2\\
\tan(\theta) &= \frac{y}{x}
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
:
2
= r
2
+ j
2
(2a)
tan() =
j
r
(2b)
As well, equation numbering can be suppressed all together using the equation* envi-
ronment:
\begin{equation*}
\nabla \cdot \vec E = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0}
\end{equation*}

1 =

c
0
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12 Special Alignments
The align environment allows multiple equations to be aligned in a the user dened way
by scripting an & in front of the character to be aligned vertically. Similar to the matrix
or tablular environment the command denes a new line. Align numbers each line
that is written which maybe unwanted, to suppress this use the nonumber command on
each line where an equation number is unwanted.
\begin{align}
f(x) &= \frac{x^2 + 2x+ 1}{x+1}\nonumber\\
&= x+1, x\nequal=-1
\end{align}
)(r) =
r
2
+ 2r + 1
r + 1
= r + 1 , r ,= 1 (3)
For equations that you want to span multiple lines the align environment can be very
useful. For parenthesis to enclose multiple lines invisible delimiters must be used:
\begin{align}
f(x) = \right(x+4\left) &\right[x^3 + 3x^2 \left. \nonumber \\
& \right.{} x -16 \left]
\end{align}
)(r) = (r + 4)
_
r
3
+ 3r
2
+ r 16] (4)
To create piece-wise equations the easiest method is to use the cases environment
within the equation environment.
\begin{equation}
sgn(x) = \begin{cases}
1 & , x > 0 \\
0 & , x = 0 \\
-1 & , x < 0
\end{cases}
\end{equation}
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:pn(r) =
_

_
1 , r 0
0 , r = 0
1 , r < 0
(5)
The cases environment forces inline text math however, so using dcases will cause
the equations to be in displaystyle. Using dcases causes the second column to be in the
default roman font instead of the equations environment.
\begin{equation}
\psi_n (x) = \begin{dcases*}
\sqrt{\frac{2}{L}}\sin(k_n x) & $n$ is even \\
\sqrt{\frac{2}{L}}\cos(k_n x) & $n$ is odd
\end{dcases*}
\end{equation}

n
(r) =
_

_
_
2
1
sin(/
n
r) n is even
_
2
1
cos(/
n
r) n is odd
(6)
13 Boxed Equations
To box equations one can simply use the boxed command:
\begin{equation}
\boxed {\hat L^2 \left|l,m\right> = \hbar ^2 l(l+1)\left|l,m\right> }
\end{equation}

1
2
[|, : =
2
|(| + 1) [|, : (7)
Or to box the whole, or multiple, lines one would have to create a minipage inside the
fbox environment:
\fbox{
\newlength{\mylength}
\setlength{\mylength}{\textwidth -4.5\fboxsep -2\fboxrule}
\begin{minipage}{\mylength}
\begin{align}
\hat L_+ \left|l,m\right> &= \hbar \; \sqrt{(l-m)(l+m+1)}\left|l,m+1
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\right> \\
\hat L_- \left|l,m\right> &= \hbar \; \sqrt{(l+m)(l-m+1)}\left|l,m-1
\right>
\end{align}
\end{minipage}
}

1
+
[|, : =
_
(| :)(| + : + 1) [|, : + 1 (8)

[|, : =
_
(| + :)(| : + 1) [|, :1 (9)
If using an align, and you wish for only one equation to be box use the Aboxed command
from the mathtools package.
\begin{align}
\intertext{If}
\left<\vec r \middle| l,m\right> &= \Phi_{l,m}(\vec r)\\
\intertext{then}
\Aboxed{\hat L_z = &\hbar m \left|l,m\right>}
\end{align}
If
:[|, : =
l,m
(:) (10)
then

1
z
= :[|, : (11)
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