Similar to the less than symbol, the greater than symbol is a relational operator in LaTeX. The normal greater than symbol is >. If something is significantly greater than another value, we use the command \gg
. And if something is very much greater than something else, the command \ggg
can be used. However, to use the \ggg
command, the amssymb package must be included.
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} a greater than b \\ $a > b $ \\ a much greater than b \\ $a \gg b $ \\ \end{document}
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} a very much greater than b \\ $a \ggg b $ \\ \end{document}
In these examples, we've shown how to use the greater than symbol >, the \gg
command for much greater than, and the \ggg
command for very much greater than. The latter requires the amssymb package to be included in the document.