Union Symbol

The set union symbol, also called the cup symbol, represents the union operator in set theory. For example, the union of the two sets A and B is represented as:

This would be said as the union of A and B.

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TeX 
\cup
Unicode ∪ 
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Usage

Union Notation
Union | Operator

The set union operation is denoted using the cup symbol. The union of two sets returns the combined elements of both sets. Duplicates are ignored.