# \wp

The ℘ symbol (Weierstrass elliptic function, U+2118), written as \wp in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ℘ |
| Unicode | U+2118 WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\wp
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.05% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 166 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2118 (WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION).

## See also

- [\\backslash](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/backslash)
- [\\lnot](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/lnot)
- [\\neg](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/neg)