# Fraction with doubled line

Is there a way to make the fraction line look like the equality (=) sign, i.e., to have two parallel horizontal lines with a little gap in between? Many thanks!

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As a matter of curiosity what does this represent? Disclaimer, mathematically curious but not a mathematician. –  Yiannis Lazarides May 16 '12 at 6:15

Use either \Tfrac or \Dfrac (short for Text and Display style "equal fraction") in the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
\usepackage{xcolor}% http://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
\newcommand{\Tfrac}[2]{%
\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}1{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}1{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}%
}
\newcommand{\Dfrac}[2]{%
\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}0{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}0{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}%
}
\begin{document}
$f(x)=\Tfrac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}$
\end{document}


For a short course on \ooalign, see \subseteq + \circ as a single symbol (“open subset”).

Here is a slightly modified set of commands: \Efrac and \efrac. While both adjust their fraction size based on the math style automatically (using \mathchoice), the former is vertically higher (set based on the height of the two outer black fraction lines) than the latter (set based on the height of a regular fraction).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
\usepackage{xcolor}% http://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
\newcommand{\Efrac}[2]{%
\mathchoice
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}0{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}0{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}1{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}1{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}2{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}2{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}3{#1}{#2}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}3{\phantom{#1}}{\phantom{#2}}$}}%
}
\newcommand{\efrac}[2]{%
\mathchoice
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}0{\hphantom{#1}}{\hphantom{#2}}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}0{\color{black}#1}{\color{black}#2}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}1{\hphantom{#1}}{\hphantom{#2}}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}1{\color{black}#1}{\color{black}#2}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}2{\hphantom{#1}}{\hphantom{#2}}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}2{\color{black}#1}{\color{black}#2}$}}%
{\ooalign{%
$\genfrac{}{}{1.2pt}3{\hphantom{#1}}{\hphantom{#2}}$\cr%
$\color{white}\genfrac{}{}{.4pt}3{\color{black}#1}{\color{black}#2}$}}%
}
\begin{document}
$f(x)={\textstyle\Efrac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}} \sim \Efrac{3}{4}+\frac{3}{4}$
$f(x)={\textstyle\efrac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}} \sim \efrac{3}{4}+\frac{3}{4}$
\end{document}

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