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Is there some way for me to get long squiggly arrows of length comparable to \longrightarrow or \longmapsto in LaTeX?

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    You can make them with TikZ. See Squiggly arrows in TikZ. – Alan Munn Feb 20 '13 at 02:44
  • How straightforward will it be to write a script for squiggly arrows that can be used inside math environment without much problems (not having to care about alignment and positioning)? If it can be straightforward, then I can try writing a command for it. –  Feb 20 '13 at 02:47

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Well, if you don't mind using Xy-pic, you can type

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[cmtip,all]{xy}
\newcommand{\longsquiggly}{\xymatrix{{}\ar@{~>}[r]&{}}}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}

$X \longrightarrow Y$

$X \longmapsto Y$

$X \longsquiggly Y$

$X \xymatrix@C=1.5em{{}\ar@{~>}[r]&{}} Y$

\end{document}

and it will give you

enter image description here

Phil Hirschhorn
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