\div is a mathematical symbol, so it should be inside a math formula: $6\div 3=2$ should work. If you want to use it in text, do \usepackage{textcomp} and use \textdiv.

According to texdoc symbols: \mvert and \mid are identical and produce a relation. \vert is a synonym for | and both produce the same symbol, but should be used in the context of an ordinal, and should be …

Jun 6, 2016 · I usually use \div to generate a divide-by symbol, but when using the physics package, \div gives a nabla followed by a dot ("period") instead.

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How can I fix the vertical spacing between the numerator and the division symbol when entering fractions. Eg. in the following code, the spacing between a and the division symbol is greater than …

2 Unicode offers the “division slash” glyph. Its interpretation, however, varies a lot across fonts: Some designers seem to consider it the division symbol for linear expressions (such as “1/2” or “ a / b ”), …

Nov 4, 2015 · Among many symbols which can be used for the expression "a divides b'', the preferred one is \\mid (and its brother \\nmid) which has some spacing advantage over \\vert. But the double …

The ∤ symbol is available in Unicode as U+2224 Does Not Divide, and as \nmid from many packages, including: unicode-math, amssymb, stix, stix2, newtxmath and the less commonly-used mnsymbol, …

From this question I learned that there is a command called \divides somewhere out there, which apparently has binop spacing, but according to the comprehensive latex symbol list, it comes from …

Jun 2, 2015 · I need to divide two values in LaTex, \newcommand {\x} {30} \newcommand {\y} {10} Is there a simple way to do this? i.e x / y = 3 Preferably not using external packages, or a long winded …