Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) (Tools and Techniques

H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X commands 525
\bibname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.4.1) – 460
Command containing the heading for the bibliography in book and
report document classes. In English, this is ‘Bibliography’ but may
be altered for adaptation to other languages.
\bigbr symbol [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.5.3) – 148
A bracket symbol larger than normal, but smaller than \Big. Example:
\big(.
\Bigbr symbol [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.5.3) – 148
A bracket symbol larger than \big, but smaller than \bigg. Example:
\Big[.
\bigcap [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigcirc [m] produces ○ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\bigcup [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\biggbr symbol [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.5.3) – 148
A bracket symbol larger than \Big, but smaller than \Bigg. Example:
\bigg|.
\Biggbr symbol [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.5.3) – 148
The largest bracket symbol. Example: \Bigg\langle.
\bigodot [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigoplus [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigotimes [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigtriangledown [m] produces ▽ . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\bigtriangleup [m] produces △ . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\bigskip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.7.3) – 32
Inserts large vertical spacing of the amount \bigskipamount. See
also \medskip and \smallskip.
\bigskipamount
Standard value for the amount of vertical spacing that is inserted
with the command \bigskip. May be changed with the \setlength
command:
\setlength{\bigskipamount}{5ex plus1.5ex minus2ex}
\bigsqcup [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\biguplus [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigvee [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\bigwedge [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.7) – 128
\binom{over}{under} [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.3) – 264
With the amsmath package, prints a
binomial expression:
n
\[\binom{n}{k}\] yields .
k