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Is there a package containing the squiggly arrow that Artin uses in his Algebra text? It looks like:Artin arrow

I've seen some of the options using tikz on here, but they aren't quite the same.

Paul Elfish
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    What makes this squiggly arrow so special? With the decorations.pathmorphing library (and arrows) I can do \draw[decorate, decoration={zigzag, segment length=+2pt, amplitude=+.75pt,post length=+4pt}, -stealth'] (a) -- (c); which looks quite good to me. – Qrrbrbirlbel Dec 10 '13 at 21:36
  • @Qrrbrbirlbel: I'm writing something pertaining to this text and want the notation to be consistent. – Paul Elfish Dec 10 '13 at 21:54
  • The options I have seen so far, including the link from @egreg, are similar, but not quite the same. If I could get the same, I would be delighted. – Paul Elfish Dec 10 '13 at 21:55
  • Can you give us the specification of the arrow? What is important? Otherwise it looks just like a squiggly arrow to me. – Qrrbrbirlbel Dec 10 '13 at 22:06
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    this arrow is in unicode at U+27FF, so it should be in the stix and xits fonts. the reference i have gives it the name \longrightsquigarrow. – barbara beeton Dec 10 '13 at 22:13
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    There also is \longrightsquigarrow inside of the mdsymbol package (it is a little shorter) – someonr Dec 10 '13 at 22:42

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amssymb has one called \rightsquigarrow, but you may find that it's not long enough:

\[a\rightsquigarrow\overline{a}\]

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Francis
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