Bring back default amsmath symbols

Question

I looked up the tutorial on how to Importing a Single Symbol From a Different Font but it's still not clear for me to make changes myself.

In my case I'd like to use mathabx as my main font, but import the default \in, \subset, \supset, \cap, \cup, \land, \lor, \Leftarrow, \Rightarrow, \Leftrightarrow.

How can I do that?

Vincent · Answer 1 · 2021-04-05T19:11:03.700

Instead of importing the symbols from Computer Modern after loading mathabx, you can use \let to define aliases to the corresponding commands before to load the package. This way, you will still be able to use the symbols from Computer Modern with these aliases.

\documentclass{article}
\let\cmin\in
\let\cmsubset\subset
\let\cmsupset\supset
\let\cmcap\cap
\let\cmcup\cup
\let\cmland\land
\let\cmlor\lor
\let\cmLeftarrow\Leftarrow
\let\cmRightarrow\Rightarrow
\let\cmLeftrightarrow\Leftrightarrow
\usepackage{mathabx}
\begin{document}
\( \in\subset\supset\cap\cup\land\lor\Leftarrow\Rightarrow\Leftrightarrow \)
( \cmin\cmsubset\cmsupset\cmcap\cmcup\cmland\cmlor\cmLeftarrow\cmRightarrow\cmLeftrightarrow )
\end{document}

If you want, you can of course renew all of these commands so that the usual commands refer to the symbols from Computer Modern rather than those of mathabx.

\documentclass{article}
\let\cmin\in
\let\cmsubset\subset
\let\cmsupset\supset
\let\cmcap\cap
\let\cmcup\cup
\let\cmland\land
\let\cmlor\lor
\let\cmLeftarrow\Leftarrow
\let\cmRightarrow\Rightarrow
\let\cmLeftrightarrow\Leftrightarrow
\usepackage{mathabx}
\let\in\cmin
\let\subset\cmsubset
\let\supset\cmsupset
\let\cap\cmcap
\let\cup\cmcup
\let\land\cmland
\let\lor\cmlor
\let\Leftarrow\cmLeftarrow
\let\Rightarrow\cmRightarrow
\let\Leftrightarrow\cmLeftrightarrow
\begin{document}
\( \in\subset\supset\cap\cup\land\lor\Leftarrow\Rightarrow\Leftrightarrow \)
\end{document}

But I'd like to use default aliases, without that "cm" prefix. — antshar, Apr 05 '21 at 19:04
@antshar It is indeed possible, as I remarked in the comment at the end of my answer. I'll edit it to make it more explicit. — Vincent, Apr 05 '21 at 19:08
I like this answer as it allows you to do (almost) the same but without the need of looking up the symbol identifier! — Rolf, Jun 09 '22 at 14:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '21 at 20:35

You just look in fontmath.ltx, where the standard definitions are made.

Since mathabx doesn't override the standard symbol fonts, they are still available. Just copy the relevant lines.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathabx}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\in}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"32}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\subset}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"1A}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\supset}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"1B}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\cup}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5B}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\cap}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5C}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\wedge}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5E}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\vee}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5F}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\land}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5E}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\lor}{\mathbin}{symbols}{"5F}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\Leftarrow}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"28}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\Rightarrow}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"29}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\Leftrightarrow}{\mathrel}{symbols}{"2C}
\begin{document}
$\in\subset\supset\cup\cap\land\lor\Leftarrow\Rightarrow\Leftrightarrow$
\end{document}

The following would be the output with just mathabx.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! – antshar Apr 06 '21 at 16:30 — antshar, Apr 06 '21 at 16:30

Bring back default amsmath symbols

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