Defined \dag and \dagger commands for dagger symbols and \textdagger commands for special text mode.
| Symbol | Dagger |
|---|---|
| Type of symbol | Mathematics (Matrix) |
| Package | No |
| Argument | No |
| Latex command | \dag |
| Example | \dag → † |
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$ \dag $\\ [6pt]
$ \dagger $\\[6pt]
% Dagger use in text mode
\textdagger
\end{document}Output :
Double dagger symbol
Use of double dagger symbol is much less. And different packages have the same command. But, there are morphological differences between the symbols.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$ \ddag $\\ [6pt]
$ \ddagger $\\[6pt]
% Double dagger use in text mode
\textdaggerdbl
\end{document}Output :
Use of dagger symbol as superscript
The dagger symbol is mathematically used as a hermitian adjoint. Below are various examples with the help of latex.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$$ \textit{A}^\dag = \textit{A} $$
$$ \langle P|\alpha\; as \; \alpha^\dag |P\rangle $$
$$ (\tilde{\textit{A}} \tilde{\textit{B}})^\dag = \tilde{\textit{B}}^\dag \tilde{\textit{A}}^\dag , $$
$$ (\tilde{\textit{A}} \tilde{\textit{B}} \cdots \tilde{\textit{Z}})^\dag = \tilde{\textit{Z}}^\dag \cdots \tilde{\textit{B}}^\dag \tilde{\textit{A}}^\dag . $$
\end{document}Output :
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