[Math] symbol for antiparallel

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I've been doing some work where I've needed to talk about vectors that are parallel and those that are antiparallel, parallel to the negative of the other vector.

Is there a symbol for this?

I can write $A\parallel B$ for parallel, $A \not\parallel B$ for not parallel. Is there a symbol for writing antiparallel without having to write $A\parallel-B$ ?

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Edit: this is of use in physics, where, for instance, you can talk about spins which are parallel (both up or down) and spins which are antiparallel (one up and one down).

Best Answer

I belive that when we talk about vectors you can use $a \uparrow\uparrow b$ for parallel vectors and $a \uparrow\downarrow b$ for antiparallel.

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