# \langle

The ⟨ symbol (Mathematical left angle bracket, U+27E8), written as \langle in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Delimiters](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/delimiters) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⟨ |
| Unicode | U+27E8 MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET |
| Delimiter |  |

## Syntax

```latex
\langle
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

3.78% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 34 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+27E8 (MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET).