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LaTex: insert tilde - that's how it works

Answer 1

How to write a tilde in the body of the text

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A tilde is created in LaTeX by a command. You can find out which command this is and how it works here..

The tilde (~) is a character in the form of a horizontal wavy line. The character is reserved in LaTeX for a non-breaking space. If you want to use the tilde as a punctuation mark in your body text, you have to enter a command. Read on to find out which commands you need to know.

How to write a tilde in the body of the text

With instructions and commands you can create characters and formatting in LaTeX. You can generate the special character of the tilde as follows:

1. To write a tilde in math mode, use the command $\tilde{}$ .
2. If you would also like to have the tilde over a letter in math mode, use $\tilde{a}$ . Replace the letter "a" with your desired letter between the curly braces.
3. You need the command for a tilde over several letters $\widetilde{abc}$ .
4. To get a tilde in the running text , \textasciitilde just use or \~{} .

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