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A horizontal arrow accent placed over text or expressions to indicate reverse direction or inverse mappings in algebra and category theory.

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Examples

Vector notation in geometry

\overleftarrow{AB} \text{ represents the ray from B to A}

Reverse direction in graph theory

\text{The edge } \overleftarrow{PQ} \text{ points from Q to P}

Inverse mapping in category theory

F: X \to Y \text{ with inverse } \overleftarrow{F}: Y \to X