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{ }}}