Symbol for Set of Vector Fields?

Question

I'm looking for a commonly used symbol that denotes a set of vector fields. It looks like an \st{$\chi$} (using the soul package, that is, \usepackage{soul}, but doesn't look so artificial.

Can someone help me? Also, this is my first posting on this SE so I'm not entirely sure of how to format things.

Thanks!

You might want to use Detexify for searching for the command of a symbol whose shape you know. — elemakil, Nov 06 '13 at 21:21
I found it using Detexify - you sometimes have to click on "Select from the complete list" and scroll through the items. In my opinion, this is a duplicate of How to look up a symbol or identify a math alphabet? — Werner, Nov 06 '13 at 21:41
Also used is $\Gamma (TM)$ as in "set of all smooth sections of the tangent space". — Arnaud Mortier, Jun 25 '20 at 14:07

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '13 at 21:22

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The usual symbol for the set of vector fields is \mathfrak{X}:

Sample output

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amssymb}

\begin{document}

\( \mathfrak{X}(M) \)

\end{document}

answered Nov 06 '13 at 21:22

Andrew Swann

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This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! – Marra Nov 06 '13 at 21:26

Symbol for Set of Vector Fields?

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