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LaTeX symbols in MediaWiki. LaTeX equations always start with \( and end with \)

Contents
Letters
Fonts
Common functions
Big symbols
Arrows
Order symbols
Set symbols
Equality and inference
Brackets
Other symbols
See also

Letters

\alpha \eta \nu \tau

\beta \theta \xi \upsilon
\gamma \iota \omicron \phi
\delta \kappa \pi \chi
\epsilon \lambda \rho \psi
\zeta \mu \sigma \omega

\varepsilon \Gamma \Pi \aleph

\vartheta \Delta \Psi \beth
\varkappa \Theta \Sigma \gimel
\varpi \Lambda \Omega \daleth
\varrho \Upsilon
\varphi \Xi \digamma
\varsigma \Phi
 \forall \imath \partial \wp
\exists \jmath \eth \O
\nexists \ell \hbar \emptyset
\Finv \Bbbk \hslash \varnothing
\Game \amalg \Im \complement
\backepsilon \nabla \Re \circledS
\mho

\prime
\acute{a} \grave{a} \backprime
\hat{a} \check{a}
\dot{a} ¶ \P
\ddot{a}
\bar{a} \breve{a} § \S
\tilde{a} \vec{a} Å \AA

\overline{abc} \overbrace{abc}
\frac{abc}{def} \underline{abc} \underbrace{abc}
\sqrt{abc} \overrightarrow{abc}
\widehat{abc}
\sqrt[n]{abc} \overleftarrow{abc}

Fonts

\mathcal{A}

\mathbb{A}

\mathfrak{A}

\mathsf{A}

\mathbf{A}

\textbf{A}
Common functions

\sin \cos \tan \cot \exp

\arcsin \arccos \arctan \coth \log
\sinh \cosh \tanh \sec \ln
\csc \lg

\min \lim \arg \gcd

\max \liminf \deg \hom
\inf \limsup \det \ker
\sup \dim \Pr

Big symbols

\prod \coprod \sum \int

\bigcap \bigcup \biguplus
\bigwedge \bigvee \bigoplus \oint

\bigsqcup \bigotimes \iint

\bigodot
\iiint

\iiiint

Arrows

\rightarrow \downarrow
\leftarrow \uparrow
\Rightarrow \Downarrow
\Leftarrow \Uparrow
\rightharpoonup \downharpoonleft
\leftharpoonup \upharpoonleft
\rightharpoondown \downharpoonright
\leftharpoondown \upharpoonright
\leftleftarrows \upuparrows
\rightrightarrows \downdownarrows

\longleftarrow \longrightarrow
\Longleftarrow \Longrightarrow
\hookleftarrow \hookrightarrow
\leftrightharpoons \rightleftharpoons
\leftrightarrows \rightleftarrows
\Lleftarrow \Rrightarrow
\Lsh \Rsh
\leftarrowtail \rightarrowtail
 \twoheadleftarrow \twoheadrightarrow
\curvearrowleft \curvearrowright
\circlearrowleft \circlearrowright
\looparrowleft \looparrowright

\leftrightarrow \Leftrightarrow \mapsto

\longleftrightarrow \Longleftrightarrow \longmapsto
\updownarrow \Updownarrow \multimap
\nleftarrow \nLeftarrow
\nrightarrow \nRightarrow \rightsquigarrow
\nleftrightarrow \nLeftrightarrow \leftrightsquigarrow

\swarrow \searrow \nwarrow \nearrow

Order symbols

\nless \ngtr
< > \nleq \ngeq
\leq \geq
\lneq \gneq
\leqq \geqq \nleqq \ngeqq
\lneqq \gneqq
\lvertneqq \gvertneqq
\leqslant \geqslant
\nleqslant \ngeqslant

\ntriangleleft \ntriangleright
\vartriangleleft \vartriangleright
\trianglelefteq \trianglerighteq \ntrianglelefteq \ntrianglerighteq
\lesssim \gtrsim \lnsim \gnsim
\lessapprox \gtrapprox \lnapprox \gnapprox
\prec \succ \nprec \nsucc
\preceq \succeq \npreceq \nsucceq
\precsim \succsim
\precnsim \succnsim
\precapprox \succapprox
\precnapprox \succnapprox

\eqslantless \eqslantgtr \ll \gg

\lessgtr \gtrless \lll \ggg
\lesseqgtr \gtreqless \lessdot \gtrdot
\preccurlyeq \succcurlyeq
\lesseqqgtr \gtreqqless \curlyeqprec \curlyeqsucc

Set symbols
 \subset \supset \cap \cup
\Subset \Supset \Cap \Cup
\sqsubset \sqsupset \sqcap \sqcup
\triangleleft \triangleright \vartriangle \triangledown

\blacktriangleleft \blacktriangleright \blacktriangle \blacktriangledown

\notin \uplus
\in \ni \nsupseteq
\nsubseteq
\subseteq \supseteq
\subsetneq \supsetneq
\varsubsetneq \varsupsetneq
\subseteqq \supseteqq \nsubseteqq \nsupseteqq
\subsetneqq \supsetneqq
\varsubsetneqq \varsupsetneqq
\sqsubseteq \sqsupseteq

Equality and inference

= \sim \doteq \triangleq

\neq \thicksim \div \circeq
\equiv \nsim \doteqdot \eqcirc
\thickapprox \simeq \fallingdotseq \bumpeq
\approx \backsim \risingdotseq \Bumpeq
\approxeq \backsimeq \asymp
\cong \eqsim
\ncong

\mid \parallel \nmid \nparallel

\shortmid \shortparallel \nshortmid \nshortparallel
\vdash \vDash \nvdash \nvDash
\dashv
\Vdash \Vvdash \nVdash \nVDash
\models

Brackets

\lfloor \rfloor \lceil \rceil

\llcorner \lrcorner \ulcorner \urcorner

| \| \{ \langle / [ (
\vert \Vert \} \rangle \backslash ] )
Other symbols

\infty \surd \perp

\intercal
\propto \setminus \between
\dotplus
\varpropto \diagdown \asymp
\bowtie \times
\wr \diagup \angle
\ltimes \leftthreetimes \measuredangle
\rtimes \pitchfork
\rightthreetimes \sphericalangle

\bot \top \pm \mp

\wedge \vee \curlywedge \curlyvee
\barwedge \veebar \smallfrown \smallsmile
\doublebarwedge \frown \smile
\therefore \because \bigtriangleup \bigtriangledown
\triangle

\cdots
\cdot
\circ \vdots
\bullet \ldots
\centerdot
\ddots

\circledcirc \odot \boxdot

\circleddash \oplus \boxplus
\circledast \ominus \boxminus
\bigcirc \otimes \boxtimes
\divideontimes \oslash \Box

\diamondsuit \lozenge \diamond \sharp

\clubsuit \blacklozenge \Diamond \flat
\heartsuit \square \ast \natural
\spadesuit \blacksquare \star \dagger
\bigstar \ddagger

See also
m:Help:Displaying a formula
List of mathematical symbols
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics
List of XML and HTML character entity references
Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode

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