There are a number of predefined commands to add whitespace in LaTeX math mode. These are summarized in the list below.

Example usage of medium space \:

Here, we use whitespace to separate symbols from regular text. Whitespace commands are available by default. Additional packages are necessary to produce natural number symbol and \text command.

\usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts} $a\:\text{and}\:b \in \mathbb{N}$

List of whitespace commands in math mode

% thin space \, \thinspace % negative thin space \! % medium space \: % large space \; % 0.5em space \enspace % 1em space \quad % 2em space \qquad % custom space \hspace{3em} % fill empty space \hfill

Illustration of whitespace commands

\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{xcolor}

ewcommand\rlArrow[1]{$\color{red}{abc \rightarrow} #1 \color{blue}{\leftarrow} abc$\\} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{lll} \hline Name & Command & Example\\ \hline default space & & \rlArrow{}\\ thin space & \verb|\,| & \rlArrow{\,}\\ thin neg. space & \verb|\!| & \rlArrow{\!}\\ medium space & \verb|\:| & \rlArrow{\:}\\ large space & \verb|\;| & \rlArrow{\;}\\ 0.5em space & \verb|\enspace| & \rlArrow{\enspace}\\ 1em space & \verb|\quad| & \rlArrow{\quad}\\ 2em space & \verb|\qquad| & \rlArrow{\qquad}\\ custom space & \verb|\hspace{3em}| & \rlArrow{\hspace{3em}}\\ fill empty space & \verb|\hfill| & $\color{red}{abc \rightarrow} \color{black}\cdots$\\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{document}

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