# \ltimes

The ⋉ symbol (Left normal factor semidirect product, U+22C9), written as \ltimes in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⋉ |
| Unicode | U+22C9 LEFT NORMAL FACTOR SEMIDIRECT PRODUCT |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\ltimes
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.02% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 191 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+22C9 (LEFT NORMAL FACTOR SEMIDIRECT PRODUCT).