Questions tagged [math-mode]
{math-mode} is about typesetting mathematical content, e.g. tweaking the appearance of spacing and symbols in a formula, or producing specific mathematical constructs. For questions about "wrapper" environments like equation or align, consider the tag {equations}.
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Proper way to represent a cuboid in math mode
It is well known that in LaTeX $ABCD$ is different from $\mathit{ABCD}$ as the former represents the multiplication of four variables while the latter represents some single object such as a rectangle....
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Appropriate style for two limits with two brackets
I wanted to know which of the two styles is more elegant when I have this form
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
\lim_{n \to \infty} \bigl( \lim_{x \...
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Set minimum height for math lines
Can I make a line in a multi-line math block have a minimum line height?
For example,
\begin{align*}
x &= 1 \\
y &= 2
\end{align*}
renders as
but I want the second line to have more ...
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Stack characters closer than their outline
I am trying to create a custom binary operator from < with an arc convex upwards below it. I found \scoh from package smll a sensible way to model the latter, but I cannot figure out how to stack ...
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Pulling the subscripts up in New Computer Modern
I think that the maths subscripts are placed too low in the Latin Modern and the New Computer Modern fonts. Here's an example with the NewCM fonts, compiled with LuaLaTeX.
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]...
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Lyx: How to box the final equation of aligned multiline math?
I'm using LyX to typeset some math. Something simple:
I want to box the final line, keeping the equals aligned. In LyX, the only way I can figure to create a box is by typing \boxed, but as you can ...
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Line spacing decreases after trying to decrease font size in math mode
I am currently facing a weird problem.
I am using the custom \eqmathbox from here and it works perfectly fine.
Now, I was trying to decrease the size within the math mode. I tried using \small in the \...
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How to highlight a single equation in an align block?
Here is a question which has puzzled me for a while now.
Suppose I have a set of aligned equations, I want to highlight one of them using a simple highlight function (see snippet), which produces a ...
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How do I place a wide tilde underneath a letter to represent a vector? [duplicate]
I have tried for so long by using things like \underset, \underaccents using the accents package, and the undertilde package doesn't seem to be functional in the latest version of Overleaf. I am ...
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Dashed boxes with fractions [duplicate]
I want to use a dashed box, instead of a regular one in the following example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb}
\begin{document}
Applying the Euler's ...
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Substack with varying font size
I've been trying to replicate the following figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%E2%80%93Riemann_equations:
More specifically, I am interested in the varying font size in the limit. My ...
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The nature of the \sup operator
I am writing some notes for a very time-consuming job. I was wondering what kind of operator \sup is, or what its nature is, considering that it does not leave any space between itself and the curly ...
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Function sequences: improving a diagram with the xy package
I would like to improve the following code by placing the text on multiple lines, as in the orange box, and avoiding overlaps between arrows and text, as in the red boxes.
The code is written with xy ...
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Enlarge the dot symbol in \dot{A} [duplicate]
I have a long text in which I frequently use $\dot{A}$, where A may be replaced with some other letter. The dot symbol is small and I would like to enlarge it. Since this is used frequently, an ...
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`\mapsto` as a subscript
The code
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$x_\mapsto$
\end{document}
results in the following:
Changing x_\mapsto to x_{\mapsto} does what one would probably hope, but I wonder: is this the ...
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