# \mp

The ∓ symbol (Minus-or-plus sign, U+2213), written as \mp in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ∓ |
| Unicode | U+2213 MINUS-OR-PLUS SIGN |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\mp
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.22% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 109 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2213 (MINUS-OR-PLUS SIGN).