
x/y or Divide[x,y]
is equivalent to .


Divide 
x/y or Divide[x,y]
is equivalent to .
Details

is converted to
on input.
- Divide[x,y] can be entered in StandardForm and InputForm as
,
div
or x∖[Divide]y.
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History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Divide, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Divide.html (updated 1996).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Divide." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 1996. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Divide.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Divide. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Divide.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_divide, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Divide}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Divide.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_divide, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Divide}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Divide.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-August-2025]}