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Quick access to all LaTeX symbols organized by category. This comprehensive reference includes over 500 mathematical symbols, Greek letters, operators, and special characters with their LaTeX commands.
Pro tip: Use Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to search for specific symbols on this page. Some symbols require the amssymb package.

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Contents

  1. Greek letters
  2. Arrows
  3. Miscellaneous symbols
  4. Binary Operation/Relation Symbols
  5. Further reading

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Greek letters

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Lowercase and Uppercase Greek Letters

SymbolLaTeXSymbolLaTeX
α A\alpha Aν N\nu N
β B\beta Bξ Ξ\xi \Xi
γ Γ\gamma \Gammao Oo O
δ Δ\delta \Deltaπ Π\pi \Pi
ε ϵ E\epsilon \varepsilon Eρ ϱ P\rho \varrho P
ζ Z\zeta Zσ Σ\sigma \Sigma
η H\eta Hτ T\tau T
θ ϑ Θ\theta \vartheta \Thetaυ Υ\upsilon \Upsilon
ι I\iota Iφ φ Φ\phi \varphi \Phi
κ K\kappa Kχ X\chi X
λ Λ\lambda \Lambdaψ Ψ\psi \Psi
μ M\mu Mω Ω\omega \Omega
Note: Uppercase Greek letters that look identical to Latin letters (like Alpha → A, Beta → B) are simply typed as regular capital letters.

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Arrows

SymbolLaTeXSymbolLaTeX
←\leftarrow⇐\Leftarrow
→\rightarrow⇒\Rightarrow
↔\leftrightarrow⇔\Leftrightarrow
↑\uparrow⇑\Uparrow
↓\downarrow⇓\Downarrow
↕\updownarrow⇕\Updownarrow
↦\mapsto⟼\longmapsto
↗\nearrow↘\searrow
↙\swarrow↖\nwarrow
↪\hookrightarrow↩\hookleftarrow

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Miscellaneous symbols

SymbolLaTeXSymbolLaTeX
∞\infty∀\forall
∃\exists∄\nexists
∅\emptyset∅\varnothing
∇\nabla∂\partial
√\surd⊤\top
⊥\botℵ\aleph
ℶ\bethℷ\gimel

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Binary Operation/Relation Symbols

SymbolLaTeXSymbolLaTeX
×\times÷\div
±\pm∓\mp
∪\cup∩\cap
**\setminus⊂\subset
⊃\supset⊆\subseteq
⊇\supseteq∈\in
∉\notin∋\ni
≤\leq≥\geq
∼\sim≈\approx
≡\equiv≠\neq

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Further reading

For more comprehensive symbol references and advanced usage:

Mathematical Expressions

Learn how to write complex mathematical expressions

Advanced Mathematics

Explore advanced mathematical typesetting

Chemistry Notation

Chemical formulas and reactions

Physics Symbols

Physics notation and equations
Need more symbols? The comprehensive amssymb and amsfonts packages provide hundreds of additional mathematical symbols. Simply add \usepackage{amssymb} to your preamble.