Text Formatting ⇒ Circle around Math Symbol

[arthur]

Hello,

I want to put a circle around the \bot symbol in the {displaymath} environment. How do I do this?

Thank you.

[localghost]

Search »The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List« for symbols like \obot or \bigobot. In such cases it can also be helpful to use Detexify.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[arthur]

I've found very useful the Detexify program, thank you. In »The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List« I've seen the \obot and I could use it but it changes the size of the \bot symbol. Is there any way of surrounding the symbol maintaining it's size?

Thank you for the welcome.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Arthur,

welcome to the board!

Clemens posted a solution here, which can be used:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{
  \node[shape=circle,draw,inner sep=1pt] (char) {#1};}}
\begin{document}
\[ \bot \quad \circled{$\bot$} \]
\end{document}

You would get the same \bot with a circle around, properly aligned at the baseline of the \bot:

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Stefan

[arthur]

Thank you, that's what I wanted.