In LaTeX, the less than symbol < is used to denote inequality. However, there are situations where we need to indicate that something is significantly smaller than another. For this purpose, LaTeX provides additional symbols.
If something is much smaller than another, we use the command \ll
. And if something is very much smaller, we can use the command \lll
. However, it's important to note that \lll
requires the amssymb package to be included in the document.
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} a < b \\ $a < b $ \\ a much less than b \\ $a \ll b $ \\ \end{document}
\lll
), which indicates that one quantity is significantly smaller than another.
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} a < b \\ $a < b $ \\ a much less than b \\ $a \ll b $ \\ a very much less than b\\ $a \lll b$\\ \end{document}
In these examples, we've shown how to use the less than symbol <, the \ll
command for much less than, and the \lll
command for very much less than. We've included both the basic usage and usage with the amssymb package for the \lll
symbol.