List of mathematical symbols

This is a listing of common symbols found within all branches of mathematics. Each symbol is listed in both HTML, which depends on appropriate fonts being installed, and in TeX, as an image.

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Symbols

Symbol in HTML	Symbol in TeX	Name	Explanation	Examples
		Read as
		Category
=	$= \!\,$	equality is equal to; equals everywhere	x = y means x and y represent the same thing or value.	2 = 2 1 + 1 = 2
≠	$\ne \!\,$	inequality is not equal to; does not equal everywhere	x ≠ y means that x and y do not represent the same thing or value. (The forms !=, /= or <> are generally used in programming languages where ease of typing and use of ASCII text is preferred.)	2 + 2 ≠ 5
< >	$< \!\,$ $> \!\,$	strict inequality is less than, is greater than order theory	x < y means x is less than y. x > y means x is greater than y.	3 < 4 5 > 4
< >	$< \!\,$ $> \!\,$	proper subgroup is a proper subgroup of group theory	H < G means H is a proper subgroup of G.	5Z < Z A₃ < S₃
≪ ≫	$\ll \!\,$ $\gg \!\,$	(very) strict inequality is much less than, is much greater than order theory	x ≪ y means x is much less than y. x ≫ y means x is much greater than y.	0.003 ≪ 1000000
≪ ≫	$\ll \!\,$ $\gg \!\,$	asymptotic comparison is of smaller order than, is of greater order than analytic number theory	f ≪ g means the growth of f is asymptotically bounded by g. (This is I. M. Vinogradov's notation. Another notation is the Big O notation, which looks like f = O(g).)	x ≪ e^x
≤ ≥	$\le \!\,$ $\ge \!\,$	inequality is less than or equal to, is greater than or equal to order theory	x ≤ y means x is less than or equal to y. x ≥ y means x is greater than or equal to y. (The forms <= and >= are generally used in programming languages where ease of typing and use of ASCII text is preferred.)	3 ≤ 4 and 5 ≤ 5 5 ≥ 4 and 5 ≥ 5
		subgroup is a subgroup of group theory	H ≤ G means H is a subgroup of G.	Z ≤ Z A₃ ≤ S₃
		reduction is reducible to computational complexity theory	A ≤ B means the problem A can be reduced to the problem B. Subscripts can be added to the ≤ to indicate what kind of reduction.	If $\exists f \in F \mbox{ . } \forall x \in \mathbb{N} \mbox{ . } x \in A \Leftrightarrow f(x) \in B$ then $A \leq_{F} B$
≺	$\prec \!\,$	Karp reduction is Karp reducible to; is polynomial-time many-one reducible to computational complexity theory	L₁ ≺ L₂ means that the problem L₁ is Karp reducible to L₂.^[1]	If L₁ ≺ L₂ and L₂ ∈ P, then L₁ ∈ P.
∝	$\propto \!\,$	proportionality is proportional to; varies as everywhere	y ∝ x means that y = kx for some constant k.	if y = 2x, then y ∝ x.
∝	$\propto \!\,$	Karp reduction^[2] is Karp reducible to; is polynomial-time many-one reducible to computational complexity theory	A ∝ B means the problem A can be polynomially reduced to the problem B.	If L₁ ∝ L₂ and L₂ ∈ P, then L₁ ∈ P.
+	$+ \!\,$	addition plus; add arithmetic	4 + 6 means the sum of 4 and 6.	2 + 7 = 9
+	$+ \!\,$	disjoint union the disjoint union of ... and ... set theory	A₁ + A₂ means the disjoint union of sets A₁ and A₂.	A₁ = {3, 4, 5, 6} ∧ A₂ = {7, 8, 9, 10} ⇒ A₁ + A₂ = {(3,1), (4,1), (5,1), (6,1), (7,2), (8,2), (9,2), (10,2)}
−	$- \!\,$	subtraction minus; take; subtract arithmetic	9 − 4 means the subtraction of 4 from 9.	8 − 3 = 5
		negative sign negative; minus; the opposite of arithmetic	−3 means the negative of the number 3.	−(−5) = 5
		set-theoretic complement minus; without set theory	A − B means the set that contains all the elements of A that are not in B. (∖ can also be used for set-theoretic complement as described below.)	{1,2,4} − {1,3,4} = {2}
±	$\pm \!\,$	plus-minus plus or minus arithmetic	6 ± 3 means both 6 + 3 and 6 − 3.	The equation x = 5 ± √4, has two solutions, x = 7 and x = 3.
±	$\pm \!\,$	plus-minus plus or minus measurement	10 ± 2 or equivalently 10 ± 20% means the range from 10 − 2 to 10 + 2.	If a = 100 ± 1 mm, then a ≥ 99 mm and a ≤ 101 mm.
∓	$\mp \!\,$	minus-plus minus or plus arithmetic	6 ± (3 ∓ 5) means both 6 + (3 − 5) and 6 − (3 + 5).	cos(x ± y) = cos(x) cos(y) ∓ sin(x) sin(y).
×	$\times \!\,$	multiplication times; multiplied by arithmetic	3 × 4 means the multiplication of 3 by 4. (The symbol * is generally used in programming languages, where ease of typing and use of ASCII text is preferred.)	7 × 8 = 56
		Cartesian product the Cartesian product of ... and ...; the direct product of ... and ... set theory	X×Y means the set of all ordered pairs with the first element of each pair selected from X and the second element selected from Y.	{1,2} × {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
		cross product cross linear algebra	u × v means the cross product of vectors u and v	(1,2,5) × (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, − 2)
		group of units the group of units of ring theory	R^× consists of the set of units of the ring R, along with the operation of multiplication. This may also be written R* as described below, or U(R).	$\begin{align} (\mathbb{Z} / 5\mathbb{Z})^\times & = \{ [1], [2], [3], [4] \} \\ & \cong C_4 \\ \end{align}$
*	$* \!\,$	multiplication times; multiplied by arithmetic	a * b means the product of a and b. (Multiplication can also be denoted with × or ⋅, or even simple juxtaposition. * is generally used where ease of typing and use of ASCII text is preferred, such as programming languages.)	4 * 3 means the product of 4 and 3, or 12.
		convolution convolution; convolved with functional analysis	f * g means the convolution of f and g.	$(f * g)(t) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(\tau) g(t - \tau)\, d\tau$ .
		complex conjugate conjugate complex numbers	z* means the complex conjugate of z. ( $\bar{z}$ can also be used for the conjugate of z, as described below.)	$(3+4i)^\ast = 3-4i$ .
		group of units the group of units of ring theory	R* consists of the set of units of the ring R, along with the operation of multiplication. This may also be written R^× as described above, or U(R).	$\begin{align} (\mathbb{Z} / 5\mathbb{Z})^\ast & = \{ [1], [2], [3], [4] \} \\ & \cong C_4 \\ \end{align}$
		hyperreal numbers the (set of) hyperreals non-standard analysis	*R means the set of hyperreal numbers. Other sets can be used in place of R.	*N is the hypernatural numbers.
		Hodge dual Hodge dual; Hodge star linear algebra	v means the Hodge dual of a vector v. If v is a k-vector within an n-dimensional oriented inner product space, then v is an (n−k)-vector.	If ${e i}$ are the standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^5$ , $*(e_1\wedge e_2\wedge e_3)= e_4\wedge e_5$
·	$\cdot \!\,$	multiplication times; multiplied by arithmetic	3 · 4 means the multiplication of 3 by 4.	7 · 8 = 56
·	$\cdot \!\,$	dot product dot linear algebra	u · v means the dot product of vectors u and v	(1,2,5) · (3,4,−1) = 6
⊗	$\otimes \!\,$	tensor product, tensor product of modules tensor product of linear algebra	$V \otimes U$ means the tensor product of V and U.^[3] $V \otimes_R U$ means the tensor product of modules V and U over the ring R.	{1, 2, 3, 4} ⊗ {1, 1, 2} = {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}, {2, 4, 6, 8}}
÷ ⁄	$\div \!\,$ $/ \!\,$	division (Obelus) divided by; over arithmetic	6 ÷ 3 or 6 ⁄ 3 means the division of 6 by 3.	2 ÷ 4 = 0.5 12 ⁄ 4 = 3
		quotient group mod group theory	G / H means the quotient of group G modulo its subgroup H.	{0, a, 2a, b, b+a, b+2a} / {0, b} = {{0, b}, {a, b+a}, {2a, b+2a}}
		quotient set mod set theory	A/~ means the set of all ~ equivalence classes in A.	If we define ~ by x ~ y ⇔ x − y ∈ ℤ, then ℝ/~ = {x + n : n ∈ ℤ : x ∈ (0,1]}
√	$\surd \!\,$ $\sqrt{\ } \!\,$	square root the (principal) square root of real numbers	$\sqrt{x}$ means the nonnegative number whose square is $x$ .	$\sqrt{4}=2$
√	$\surd \!\,$ $\sqrt{\ } \!\,$	complex square root the (complex) square root of complex numbers	if $z=r\,\exp(i\phi)$ is represented in polar coordinates with $-\pi < \phi \le \pi$ , then $\sqrt{z} = \sqrt{r} \exp(i \phi/2)$ .	$\sqrt{-1}=i$
x	$\bar{x} \!\,$	mean overbar; … bar statistics	$\bar{x}$ (often read as “x bar”) is the mean (average value of $x i$ ).	$x = \{1,2,3,4,5\}; \bar{x} = 3$ .
		complex conjugate conjugate complex numbers	$\overline{z}$ means the complex conjugate of z. (z* can also be used for the conjugate of z, as described above.)	$\overline{3+4i} = 3-4i$ .
		algebraic closure algebraic closure of field theory	$\overline{F}$ is the algebraic closure of the field F.	The field of algebraic numbers is sometimes denoted as $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ because it is the algebraic closure of the rational numbers ${\mathbb{Q}}$ .
		topological closure (topological) closure of topology	$\overline{S}$ is the topological closure of the set S. This may also be denoted as cl(S) or Cl(S).	In the space of the real numbers, $\overline{\mathbb{Q}} = \mathbb{R}$ (the rational numbers are dense in the real numbers).
\|…\|	$\| \ldots \| \!\,$	absolute value; modulus absolute value of; modulus of numbers	\|x\| means the distance along the real line (or across the complex plane) between x and zero.	\|3\| = 3 \|–5\| = \|5\| = 5 \| i \| = 1 \| 3 + 4i \| = 5
		Euclidean norm or Euclidean length or magnitude Euclidean norm of geometry	\|x\| means the (Euclidean) length of vector x.	For x = (3,-4) $\|\textbf{x}\| = \sqrt{3^2 + (-4)^2} = 5$
		determinant determinant of matrix theory	\|A\| means the determinant of the matrix A	$\begin{vmatrix} 1&2 \\ 2&9 \\ \end{vmatrix} = 5$
		cardinality cardinality of; size of; order of set theory	\|X\| means the cardinality of the set X. (# may be used instead as described below.)	\|{3, 5, 7, 9}\| = 4.
\|\|…\|\|	$\\| \ldots \\| \!\,$	norm norm of; length of linear algebra	\|\| x \|\| means the norm of the element x of a normed vector space.^[4]	\|\| x + y \|\| ≤ \|\| x \|\| + \|\| y \|\|
\|\|…\|\|	$\\| \ldots \\| \!\,$	nearest integer function nearest integer to numbers	\|\|x\|\| means the nearest integer to x. (This may also be written [x], ⌊x⌉, nint(x) or Round(x).)	\|\|1\|\| = 1, \|\|1.6\|\| = 2, \|\|−2.4\|\| = −2, \|\|3.49\|\| = 3
∣ ∤	$\mid \!\,$ $\nmid \!\,$	divisor, divides divides number theory	a\|b means a divides b. a∤b means a does not divide b. (This symbol can be difficult to type, and its negation is rare, so a regular but slightly shorter vertical bar \| character can be used.)	Since 15 = 3×5, it is true that 3\|15 and 5\|15.
		conditional probability given probability	P(A\|B) means the probability of the event a occurring given that b occurs.	if X is a uniformly random day of the year P(X is May 25 \| X is in May) = 1/31
		restriction restriction of … to …; restricted to set theory	f\|_A means the function f restricted to the set A, that is, it is the function with domain A ∩ dom(f) that agrees with f.	The function f : R → R defined by f(x) = x² is not injective, but f\|_R⁺ is injective.
		such that such that; so that everywhere	\| means “such that”, see ":" (described below).	S = {(x,y) \| 0 < y < f(x)} The set of (x,y) such that y is greater than 0 and less than f(x).
\|\|	$\\| \!\,$	parallel is parallel to geometry	x \|\| y means x is parallel to y.	If l \|\| m and m ⊥ n then l ⊥ n.
		incomparability is incomparable to order theory	x \|\| y means x is incomparable to y.	{1,2} \|\| {2,3} under set containment.
		exact divisibility exactly divides number theory	p^a \|\| n means p^a exactly divides n (i.e. p^a divides n but p^a+1 does not).	2³ \|\| 360.
#	$\# \!\,$	cardinality cardinality of; size of; order of set theory	#X means the cardinality of the set X. (\|…\| may be used instead as described above.)	#{4, 6, 8} = 3
#	$\# \!\,$	connected sum connected sum of; knot sum of; knot composition of topology, knot theory	A#B is the connected sum of the manifolds A and B. If A and B are knots, then this denotes the knot sum, which has a slightly stronger condition.	A#S^m is homeomorphic to A, for any manifold A, and the sphere S^m.
ℵ	$\aleph \!\,$	aleph number aleph set theory	ℵ_α represents an infinite cardinality (specifically, the α-th one, where α is an ordinal).	\|ℕ\| = ℵ₀, which is called aleph-null.
ℶ	$\beth \!\,$	beth number beth set theory	ℶ_α represents an infinite cardinality (similar to ℵ, but ℶ does not necessarily index all of the numbers indexed by ℵ. ).	$\beth_1 = \|P(\mathbb{N})\| = 2^{\aleph_0}.$
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