# \pm

The ± symbol (Plus-minus sign, U+00B1), written as \pm in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ± |
| Unicode | U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\pm
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

1.42% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 57 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+00B1 (PLUS-MINUS SIGN).