## Therefore symbol in LaTeX

Posted: 16th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeX
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There is no therefore symbol in the default LaTeX packages. There are (at least) two ways of getting the symbol:

The package amssymb contains the \therefore symbol definition. To use, do something like:

\usepackage{amssymb} ... $\therefore 1 \neq 2$

Alternatively, you can create your own therefore definition:

\def\therefore{ \leavevmode \lower0.1ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \kern-0.2em\raise0.7ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \kern-0.2em\lower0.2ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \thinspace}

The amssymb therefore has tiny dots, whereas the definition above has large dots. Take your pick.

1. Zimm says:

I muddled around with \cdot in the place of \bullet and got a result that I like. If anybody else stumbles across this article, this is what I used:

\def\therefore{\boldsymbol{\text{ }
\leavevmode
\lower0.4ex\hbox{$\cdot$}
\kern-.5em\raise0.7ex\hbox{$\cdot$}
\kern-0.55em\lower0.4ex\hbox{$\cdot$}
\thinspace\text{ }}}

2. Steve Thompson says:

Thanks much. Helped me out of a minor jam there…

3. Ankush says:

I have a far more intractable problem: Google Docs. This is how I manage: $.^..$

4. Taffie says:

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}

$\therefore$ some text here

Produces the output desired, with thinner dots. The $around \therefore denotes that it will be using a math function, similar with$\Theta\$

5. Kang says:

I’m the beginner and I have problems in this, solved it with your help. Thanks