Terminology: Mathematical symbols

Summary of the common mathematical symbols, including each symbol’s name, visual and description:

Symbol	Symbol name	Symbol design description
-	Minus
+	Plus
×	Multiply	Similar to lowercase letter "x" in sans serif
÷	Obelus, Divide	Combined colon and minus symbols
=	Equal	Two parallel horizontal lines
≠	Not equal	Two parallel horizontal lines with a diagonal line through both
≈	Approximately equal	Two wavy parallel lines
±	Plus or minus
<	Greater than
>	Less than
≤	Less than or equal to
≥	Greater than or equal to
∞	Infinity
·	Middot or period centred	Traditional English decimal point which is raised
%	Percent	Per hundred
‰	Permille	Per thousand
‱	Permyriad	Also known as a basis point
⅛	Fraction	One eighth
¼	Fraction	One quarter
⅜	Fraction	Three eighths
½	Fraction	One half
⅝	Fraction	Five eighths
¾	Fraction	Three quarters
¾	Fraction	Three quarters
⅞	Fraction	Seven eighths
⁄	Fraction	Slash
∑	Sum
∏	Product
∫	Integral
∂	Partial differential
∆	Increment
√	Square root
∩	Intersection
ƒ	Function
π	Pi
⌀	Diameter	Bar extending diagonally through a circle
℘	Weierstrass' elliptic function	Stylised letter "p"