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Listing of Named Characters

Backslash

\ \[Backslash]

Alias: \.

Infix operator.

x y is by default interpreted as Backslash[x, y].

Used in mathematics for set difference.

Also used to separate arguments of elliptic functions.

Sometimes used to indicate x divides y.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 1.10.8 and Section 3.10.4.

See also: \[RawBackslash] , \[Colon] , \[VerticalBar] , \[Continuation] .