General ⇒ adding < > symbols

[ma501th]

Can you please tell me how i can add these signs

<

>

thanks

[gmedina]

As relational symbols, use simply < , >
As delimiters, use \langle , \rangle

[ma501th]

i have been trying that but keep getting errors

[localghost]

i have been trying that but keep getting errors

You have to be much more precise in the whole description of your problem. In this case you have to provide a minimal working example (MWE) that reproduces these errors. It would also be helpful if you can provide the full error message(s). Therefore you can post the log file as attachment.

Basic LaTeX documentation is available with lshort and l2tabu. A good overview of symbols is given with "The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List". Useful information about typesetting mathematical expressions can be found in "Math Mode".


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Stefan Kottwitz]

i have been trying that but keep getting errors

A lot of symbols need to be set in math mode, take care of it. That means, often you have to enclose the symbol in $ signs.

Stefan

[ma501th]

sorry for asking...but how would i do that?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi ma501th,

here is one example:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\begin{document}
with math mode: $<$ and $>$

in text mode: \textless\ and \textgreater
\end{document}

Stefan