Accents\tilde

\tildeCommand

Used to place a tilde accent over variables, operators, or grouped expressions.

\tilde{n}
Topic
Accents
Available in
base
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math
Frequency
4.74% of corpus formulasrank 12 of 263
Commonality
high
Tags
decoration
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\tildem{a}math content

Argspec m — one mandatory argument. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to put a tilde on a variable#

\tilde{x}

How to write an approximate or dual variable#

\tilde{f}(\xi)

How to tilde a longer symbol#

\tilde is for one character; \widetilde stretches.

\widetilde{AB}

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\tilde{a}Positive · baselinePassPassPass
\tilde aPositive · bare[0]PassPassPass
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