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in the MWE below, how do you go about getting the \qed box to show up like:

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Here is the code:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\qed
\end{document}

Thanks.

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Try

\renewcommand\qedsymbol{\raisebox{2pt}{$\square$}\,\llap{$\blacksquare$}}

in your preamble.

See A question on how to change the qed-symbol of amsthm for more on changing the qed-symbol.

The command above builds the new qed symbol out of the \square and \blacksquare symbols from amssymb, by vertically shifting the \square up a tiny bit (\raisebox) and printing the \blacksquare on top of it (\llap). The horizontal offset is achieved with a small space \,.

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    I usually warn about \llap in LaTeX. Here there is no issue, because the mode is certainly horizontal, but in other cases it may have surprising effects. Better doing \makebox[0pt][r]{...} instead of \llap{...} – egreg Jul 05 '16 at 10:10
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    For those interested in what egreg just wrote: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/146098/llap-or-rlap-at-the-beginning-of-an-indented-paragraph is an example where the effect can be unexpected for those not "in the know". – Willie Wong Jul 05 '16 at 13:05