{"id":2701,"date":"2022-04-09T08:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T08:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2022-07-14T02:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:55:51","slug":"proportional-to-symbol-in-latex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex","title":{"rendered":"How to write a proportional to symbol in LaTeX?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This article aims to show you a simple way to create a <\/em><em>proportional to symbol in LaTeX.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mathematics, physics, and even chemistry, the proportional to symbol is not a foreigner, it is used on many occasions, and today you will learn how to insert such a symbol in your LaTeX document. <em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_67_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d25eb7bce78\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d25eb7bce78\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#Proportional_to\" title=\"Proportional to&nbsp;\">Proportional to&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#%E2%80%9CNot_proportional_to%E2%80%9D_Symbol\" title=\"\u201cNot proportional to\u201d Symbol\">\u201cNot proportional to\u201d Symbol<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#propto_with_packages\" title=\"\\propto with packages\">\\propto with packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#Variations_of_the_proportional_to_symbols\" title=\"Variations of the proportional to symbols\">Variations of the proportional to symbols<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#Final_Thoughts\" title=\"Final Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#FAQ\" title=\"FAQ\">FAQ<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#What_does_Propto_symbol_mean\" title=\"What does Propto symbol mean?\">What does Propto symbol mean?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\/#Further_Reading\" title=\"Further Reading\">Further Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proportional_to\"><\/span><strong>Proportional to&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It belongs to the relational operator&#8217;s symbols, this symbol adapts to many escenarios and is used usually in experimental data to create a relationship between two quantities. It is built-in LaTeX, it takes no value as an argument, and it requires the math mode.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The command is very simple \\<strong>propto<\/strong>, for example, a simple relation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\\begin{document}\n$$a \\propto b$$\n\\end{document}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>(We use all this box stuff in grey like the above for illustration.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image1-5.png\" alt=\"proportional to symbol in LaTeX\" class=\"wp-image-2703\"\/><figcaption>Standard proportional to symbol<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNot_proportional_to%E2%80%9D_Symbol\"><\/span><strong>\u201cNot proportional to\u201d Symbol<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"propto_with_packages\"><\/span><strong>\\propto with packages<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a quick hack, you can actually achieve the same output using packages such as the amssymb package, using \\<strong>varpropto<\/strong>. As you can see the symbol has slight variations in symbol size and form.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\\documentclass{article}\n\\usepackage{amssymb}\n\\begin{document}\n$$x \\varpropto y$$\n\\end{document}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image3-5.png\" alt=\"proportional to symbol in LaTeX\" class=\"wp-image-2704\"\/><figcaption>Amssymb output<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a plus maybe you will want to use the \u201cnot proportional to\u201d symbol, it can be created using the \\<strong>not<\/strong> before the \\<strong>propto<\/strong>. For example<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\\documentclass{article}\n\\usepackage{amssymb}\n\\begin{document}\n$$a \\not\\propto b$$\n$$x \\not\\varpropto y$$ %different fonts for the symbols\n\\end{document}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Variations_of_the_proportional_to_symbols\"><\/span><strong>Variations of the proportional to symbols<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image2-4.png\" alt=\"proportional to symbol in LaTeX\" class=\"wp-image-2705\"\/><figcaption>Variations of the proportional to symbols<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are a few variations for these two symbols that you can use in your LaTeX document. The first is the standard \\propto, and the second is using the \\varpropto command with the amssymb package. As you can see, the output for these symbols is slightly different in size and form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also included a \\notpropto symbol and a \\sim command for \u201csimilar to\u201d. These variations can be helpful in your LaTeX documents, especially if you are working with data or creating equations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is up to you to decide which easier ways you prefer. You can see that it is not complicated to create this symbol even with packages, but personally, I prefer the built-in command.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know about this symbol&#8217;s definitions and how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you find this post useful and helpful, and as always keep writing in LaTeX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span><strong>FAQ<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Propto_symbol_mean\"><\/span><strong>What does Propto symbol mean?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nomenclature. Propo. The proto-type is a binary mathematics operator indicating that left values are proportional. 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In mathematics, physics, and even chemistry, the proportional to symbol is not a foreigner, it is used on many occasions, and today you will learn how to insert such a symbol in your LaTeX document. &nbsp; Proportional to&nbsp; &#8230; <a title=\"How to write a proportional to symbol in LaTeX?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/proportional-to-symbol-in-latex\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to write a proportional to symbol in LaTeX?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5618,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/5618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scijournal.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}