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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149126"><bookmark_value>unary operators; list of</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>binary operators; list of</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id2897122" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="unary"><link href="text/smath/01/03091501.xhp" name="Unary and Binary Operators">Unary and Binary Operators</link>
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<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_idN106F7" xml-lang="en-US">Typed command(s)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151388" xml-lang="en-US">Symbol in Elements pane</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">-</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">-</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3163824" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151266" xml-lang="en-US">- Sign</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN107E1" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">-+</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147514" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150358" xml-lang="en-US">Minus/Plus</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">/</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154821" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147106" xml-lang="en-US">Division</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN108A4" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">*</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155179" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148972" xml-lang="en-US">Multiplication</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10863" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">+</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150832" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151332" xml-lang="en-US">Addition</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1071E" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">+</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148390" xml-lang="en-US">+ Sign</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN107A0" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">+-</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150764" xml-lang="en-US">
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153579" xml-lang="en-US">Plus/Minus</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">and</item> or <item type="literal">&amp;</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155565" xml-lang="en-US">Boolean AND operation</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10C16" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">boper</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3903317" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol. Usage:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id8633686" xml-lang="en-US">a boper %SYM1 b</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149632" xml-lang="en-US">Binary operator. A user-defined symbol follows, which is used as a binary operator.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10BFC" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">uoper</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1713309" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol. Usage:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4594256" xml-lang="en-US">uoper %SYM2 b</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154624" xml-lang="en-US">Unary operator. A user-defined symbol follows, which is a used as a unary operator.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN108E5" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">cdot</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147212" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic8" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21206.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155143" xml-lang="en-US">Multiplication, small multiply symbol</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">circ</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151130" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic16" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21221.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156125" xml-lang="en-US">Concatenate symbols</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">div</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147470" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic12" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21211.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145129" xml-lang="en-US">Division</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10822" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">neg</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic5" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21213.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147527" xml-lang="en-US">Boolean NOT</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10C02" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">odivide</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3959776" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150729" xml-lang="en-US">Slash / in circle</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10BBE" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">odot</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1206701" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151227" xml-lang="en-US">Small multiply symbol in circle</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10B9C" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">ominus</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id815759" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154841" xml-lang="en-US">Subtract symbol in circle</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10B7A" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">oplus</item>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id7664113" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148783" xml-lang="en-US">Add symbol in circle</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10AB0" xml-lang="en-US">
<item type="literal">or</item> or <item type="literal">|</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147065" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic15" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21215.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153797" xml-lang="en-US">Boolean OR operation</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10BE0" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">otimes</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id7552110" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155380" xml-lang="en-US">Multiply symbol times in circle</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN109A8" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">over</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148873" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic11" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21210.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150118" xml-lang="en-US">Division/Fraction</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10926" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">times</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147073" xml-lang="en-US">
<image id="Graphic9" src="media/helpimg/starmath/un21207.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151024" xml-lang="en-US">Multiplication</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10B58" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">widebslash</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4930875" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149241" xml-lang="en-US">Backslash \ between two characters, of which the right is superscript, the left subscript</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10B36" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">
<item type="literal">wideslash</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4568620" xml-lang="en-US">No symbol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155587" xml-lang="en-US">Slash / between two characters, of which the left is superscript, the right subscript</paragraph>
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