# How to type greater than or equal to symbols? [duplicate]

What are the markups for such symbols?

## marked as duplicate by Najib Idrissi, Surb, user147263, Asaf Karagila♦, Joel Reyes NocheNov 1 '15 at 23:57

• \geqslant (and ¸leqslant) for $\geqslant$ (and $\leqslant$). See this post for general information about MathJax commands. – Daniel Fischer Nov 1 '15 at 16:25
• or just \ge for $\ge$ and \le for $\le$ – mrf Nov 1 '15 at 16:40

You can use $\ge$ or $\geq$ (to get $\geq$) or for a variant $\geqslant$ (to get $\geqslant$).
For the strict versions, $\gt$ and $\lt$, you can use $\gt$ and $\lt$, or just the symbols $>$ and $<$. The symbols did sometimes create issues but I think this is fixed by now.
• Not completely fixed, unfortunately. When $a<b$ is in a title, and another question is closed as a duplicate of it, the automatic comment has $a&lt;b$ which doesn't render: $a&lt;b$. This isn't a reason to avoid strict inequality signs in titles as much as a reason to finally fix this over-escaping bug... – user147263 Nov 1 '15 at 18:33
• That also happens, when new users post things like a<b therefore -b>-a without dollar signs: this renders as a-a on the site. Some such questions get closed as unclear, unless someone realizes what is going on and edits. – user147263 Nov 1 '15 at 18:41