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Searcing for a LaTeX symbol

Know you want to LATEX up a summation symbol, but don’t know the command to use? Don’t stress! Head to DeTexify and draw what you’re looking for:

DeTexify screenshot showing results for a handdrawn Sigma. The fourth result is highlighted

Notice that there are a few results. The one we want is the highlighted one, which tells us to use \sum within math mode. For example, to produce nj=1Colj(A) we use the code

$\sum_{j = 1}^{n} \mathrm{Col}_j(A)$        %inline version
\[                                          
    \sum_{j = 1}^{n} \mathrm{Col}_j(A)      %display version
\]                                          

(we need enclosing $ ... $ or \[ ... \] because \sum only works in math mode).

Now let’s say you actually weren’t interested in the summation symbol but really wanted to typeset a fancy greek Sigma like in the third result. You’ll notice an extra \usepackage parameter, meaning that this symbol isn’t included in LATEX by default. That’s okay. Just add the code \usepackage{upgreek} to your preamble so that you can use $\Upsigma$ in the body of your LATEX document:

\documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}  % if you're using one of my templates, you have these
    \usepackage{upgreek}                            % you'll have to add this yourself
        
        ...
        
\begin{document}
    Here is my fancy $\Upsigma$!
\end{document}

Here’s a little homework: use DeTexify to figure out what package you need to typeset ð.

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