# \Doteq

The ≑ symbol (Geometrically equal to, U+2251), written as \Doteq in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/Doteq

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≑ |
| Unicode | U+2251 GEOMETRICALLY EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\Doteq
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 454 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2251 (GEOMETRICALLY EQUAL TO).

### [ams/Doteq-to-doteqdot](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/Doteq-to-doteqdot)

Collapse Doteq to the descriptive doteqdot character.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\Doteq
```

→

```latex
\doteqdot
```

```latex
A \Doteq B
```

→

```latex
A \doteqdot B
```