From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Symbol join of \ll and equal
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:03:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A3581DC.1080100@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A357709.1060004@gmail.com>
Joel C. Salomon wrote:
> Xan wrote:
>> I just want to know if there is a symbol that join \ll and = like \leq
>> joins < and =. If not, it's possible to "make" that symbol (that has <<
>> in upper and - in bottom; like \leq but with two <<)?
>
> No doubt you _could_ define such a symbol, but what is the meaning of
> it? The statement “a ≪ b” means a is _much_ less than b; i.e., not
> anywhere near b, let alone _equal_ to b.
B.T.W., I don’t see this in the Comprehensive LᴬTᴇX Symbol List, but
there is Unicode character U+2AA3 [⪣] “Double Nested Less-Than with
Underbar”.
—Joel Salomon
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-14 18:54 Xan
2009-06-14 22:17 ` Joel C. Salomon
2009-06-14 23:03 ` Joel C. Salomon [this message]
2009-06-15 19:01 ` Xan
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