Set symbols in LaTeX

15 commands, each with the package it needs

Symbol reference, latexci

Abstract

Empty sets, big unions and intersections, and the blackboard-bold number sets. \mathbb and \varnothing need amssymb. Table 1 lists every symbol of the category with its rendered glyph, the command to type and the package to load; each name links to a page with a worked example, and 3 of them to a note comparing the commands that compile.

1The symbols

Glyph	Command	Package	Page
$\emptyset$	`\emptyset`	none	Emptyset
$\varnothing$	`\varnothing`	`amssymb`	Varnothing
$\mathbb{N}$	`\mathbb{N}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold N
$\mathbb{Z}$	`\mathbb{Z}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold Z
$\mathbb{Q}$	`\mathbb{Q}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold Q
$\mathbb{R}$	`\mathbb{R}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold R
$\mathbb{C}$	`\mathbb{C}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold C
$\mathbb{F}$	`\mathbb{F}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold F
$^\complement$	`^\complement`	`amssymb`	Complement
$\bigcap$	`\bigcap`	none	Bigcap
$\bigcup$	`\bigcup`	none	Bigcup
$\bigsqcup$	`\bigsqcup`	none	Bigsqcup
$\uplus$	`\uplus`	none	Uplus
$\biguplus$	`\biguplus`	none	Biguplus
$\mathcal{P}$	`\mathcal{P}`	none	Powerset

Table 1. Set symbols in LaTeX: glyph, command, package (none means built into LaTeX) and the page for each symbol. Commands go inside math mode unless the page says otherwise.

2Other categories

The same table exists for every family of symbols. To find one by name or by pasting the character, use the symbol search.

Abstract

1The symbols

Glyph	Command	Package	Page
$\emptyset$	`\emptyset`	none	Emptyset
$\varnothing$	`\varnothing`	`amssymb`	Varnothing
$\mathbb{N}$	`\mathbb{N}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold N
$\mathbb{Z}$	`\mathbb{Z}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold Z
$\mathbb{Q}$	`\mathbb{Q}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold Q
$\mathbb{R}$	`\mathbb{R}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold R
$\mathbb{C}$	`\mathbb{C}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold C
$\mathbb{F}$	`\mathbb{F}`	`amssymb`	Blackboard bold F
$^\complement$	`^\complement`	`amssymb`	Complement
$\bigcap$	`\bigcap`	none	Bigcap
$\bigcup$	`\bigcup`	none	Bigcup
$\bigsqcup$	`\bigsqcup`	none	Bigsqcup
$\uplus$	`\uplus`	none	Uplus
$\biguplus$	`\biguplus`	none	Biguplus
$\mathcal{P}$	`\mathcal{P}`	none	Powerset

Table 1. Set symbols in LaTeX: glyph, command, package (none means built into LaTeX) and the page for each symbol. Commands go inside math mode unless the page says otherwise.