# \ddots

The ⋱ symbol (Down right diagonal ellipsis, U+22F1), written as \ddots in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Miscellaneous symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/miscellaneous) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⋱ |
| Unicode | U+22F1 DOWN RIGHT DIAGONAL ELLIPSIS |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\ddots
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.18% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 118 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+22F1 (DOWN RIGHT DIAGONAL ELLIPSIS).