[Tex/LaTex] How to you insert a “times/divide” symbol similar to the “plus/minus” (±) one symbols Is there a LaTeX symbol for it? A non-educated guess is that it may look like the figure below. Best Answer Something like this? \documentclass{article} \newcommand\timesdiv{\mathbin{\vcenter{\hbox{% $\begin{array}{@{}c@{}}\times\\[-1.667ex]\div\end{array}$}}}} \begin{document} $d\timesdiv b$ $d\pm b$ \end{document} Related Solutions[Tex/LaTex] plus-minus symbol with parenthesis around the minus sign I once proposed the following definitions \newcommand\varpm{\mathbin{\vcenter{\hbox{% \oalign{\hfil$\scriptstyle+$\hfil\cr \noalign{\kern-.3ex} $\scriptscriptstyle({-})$\cr}% }}}} \newcommand\varmp{\mathbin{\vcenter{\hbox{% \oalign{$\scriptstyle({+})$\cr \noalign{\kern-.3ex} \hfil$\scriptscriptstyle-$\hfil\cr}% }}}} Example \documentclass{article} \newcommand\varpm{\mathbin{\vcenter{\hbox{% \oalign{\hfil$\scriptstyle+$\hfil\cr \noalign{\kern-.3ex} $\scriptscriptstyle({-})$\cr}% }}}} \newcommand\varmp{\mathbin{\vcenter{\hbox{% \oalign{$\scriptstyle({+})$\cr \noalign{\kern-.3ex} \hfil$\scriptscriptstyle-$\hfil\cr}% }}}} \begin{document} $a\varpm b\varmp c$ \end{document} [Tex/LaTex] How to make a diagonal division symbol Detexify doesn't give any usable suggestions. My best result was \newcommand{\division}{\mkern-\medmuskip\rotatebox[origin=c]{45}{\scalebox{0.9}{$-$}}\mkern-\medmuskip} It gives you the same rounded corners as the default division line has. edit: notice that this division in my opinion looks horrible for capital variables. Related Question[Tex/LaTex] How to write a spiral symbol[Tex/LaTex] How to redefine the “plus” symbol
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Something like this?