Often, an asterisk (*
) is used to denote dates of birth. An example is the German Wikipedia entry for Donald E. Knuth.
The corresponding symbol for dates of death is the dagger (†
), produced by, e.g., \textdagger
.
Well here is one that looks kinda like cheating, it uses amsmath
only, though adding calc
will make the definition much simpler:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newlength{\crossl}
\settowidth{\crossl}{$\times$}
\newlength{\ceql}
\settowidth{\ceql}{$\times=$}
\addtolength{\ceql}{-\crossl}
\newcommand{\crosseq}{\mathrel{\makebox[\crossl][l]{$\times\hspace{-\ceql}=$}}}
\begin{document}
$f(x)\crosseq g(x)\crosseq h(x)$
\end{document}
Result:
One can also play around with the position and the symbols used:
\newcommand{\crosseq}{\mathrel{\makebox[7.7778pt][l]{$\neq$\hspace{-6.7778pt}\raisebox{-2.5pt}{$\backslash$}}}}
EDIT: Since this answer is chose I will add some more solution, this time using egreg's suggestion as poking around with boxes will likely create unexpected spacing issue:
\newcommand{\crosseq}{\mathrel{\ooalign{\hidewidth$/$\hidewidth\cr\ooalign{\hidewidth$\backslash$\hidewidth\cr$=$\cr}\cr}}}
or
\newcommand{\crosseq}{\mathrel{\ooalign{\hidewidth$/$\hidewidth\cr\ooalign{\hidewidth\raisebox{-2pt}{$\backslash$}\hidewidth\cr$=$\cr}\cr}}}
Result:
EDIT2: Add [l]
option to \makebox
in order to adjust alignment.
Best Answer
Use
euscript
's\EuScript
: