Symbol/Unicode | Epsilon/U+03B5 |
---|---|
Type of symbol | Greek letter |
Package (requirement) | No |
Argument | No |
Latex command | \epsilon |
Example | \epsilon → ϵ |
The Greek letter Epsilon is a popular symbol of Mathematica. You need to use the \epsilon
command to write this symbol in latex. Below is how to use it in latex.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow 0^+} \frac{1}{\epsilon^2 N(\epsilon)} \]
\[ p < \epsilon \]
\[ \lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\pi x}\sin\left(\frac{x}{\epsilon}\right) \]
\end{document}
Output :

Varepsilon symbol in LaTeX
Symbol | Varepsilon |
---|---|
Type of symbol | Mathematics |
Package (requirement) | No |
Argument | No |
Latex command | \varepsilon |
Example | \varepsilon 🠒 ε |
LaTeX provides a default command to print the varepsilon symbol in a LaTeX document, which is \varepsilon
. And if you want to print this symbol in upper case then use \mathcal{E}
command. You don’t need any package for this.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \verb|\epsilon|\longrightarrow \epsilon \]
\[ \verb|\varepsilon|\longrightarrow \varepsilon \]
\[ \verb|\mathcal{E}|\longrightarrow \mathcal{E} \]
\end{document}
Output :

Backepsilon symbol in LaTeX
You will need the amssymb package to print backepsilon symbols to a LaTeX document. This package provides a command called \backepsilon
, which allows you to print this symbol in a document.
Symbol/Unicode | Backepsilon/U+03F6 |
---|---|
Type of symbol | Mathematics |
Package (requirement) | amssymb |
Argument | No |
Latex command | \backepsilon |
Example | \backepsilon 🠒 ϶ |
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[ \verb|\epsilon|\longrightarrow \epsilon \]
\[ \verb|\backepsilon|\longrightarrow \backepsilon \]
\end{document}
Output :
