Latex: Special LaTeX Characters

Special LaTeX Characters

6. Math spacing commands

Short form	Full form	Size	short form	Full  form
\,	\thinspace		\!	\negthinspace
\:	\medspace			\negmedspace
\;	\thickspace			\negthickspace
	\quad
	\qquad

The \medspace, \thickspace, \negmedspace, and \negthickspace commands require
the amsmath package.                                                                              

7. Delimiters

Name	Type	Print
Left paren	(
Right paren	)
Left bracker	[
Right bracket	]
Left brace	\{
Right brace	\}
Reverse slash	\backslash
Forward slash	/
Left angle	\langle
Right angle	\rangle
Vertical line	|
Double vert. line	\|
Left floor	\lfloor
Rightfloor	\rfloor
Left ceiling	\lceil
Right ceiling	\rceil

Upper left corner	\ulcorner
Upper right corner	\urcorner
Lower left corner	\llcorner
Lower right corner	\lrcorner

The corners require the amsmath package.

Name	Type	Print
Upward arrow	\uparrow
Double upward arrow	\Uparrow
Downward arrow	\downarrow
Double downward arrow	\Downarrow
UP-and-down arrow	\updownarrow
Double up-and-down arrow	\Updownarrow

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