dag

Marks footnotes or annotations in text with a dagger symbol (†), providing an alternative to numerical references.

Overview

Serves as a traditional reference mark in academic and technical writing, particularly useful when multiple footnote systems need to be distinguished.

Often used as a secondary footnote marker after asterisks.
Common in linguistics, philology, and critical editions.
Appears in bibliographic citations and editorial annotations.
Particularly valuable in documents where numerical footnotes might cause confusion with mathematical notation.

Examples

Marking a footnote reference in mathematical text.

Let x \in \mathbb{R}^{n}\dag be a vector

Let x \in \mathbb{R}^{n}\dag be a vector

Indicating a special condition or case in an equation.

f(x) = x^2 \dag \quad \text{where } x > 0

f(x) = x^2 \dag \quad \text{where } x > 0

Denoting a conjugate transpose operation in linear algebra.

A\dag A = AA\dag

A\dag A = AA\dag